Scrivener won't open but task manager says it's running?

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Hi there, have been using Scrivener for years just fine. Tried opening it today. The wheel spun as if it were opening, but nothing happened afterwards. I checked to see if my task manager said there was a version running, and there is despite the fact that I don’t see the app at all. I restarted my computer, and nothing. Help?

Edit: To clarify, it isn’t running as an app under my task manager list, but instead as a background process.

Edit2: So I’ve tried running compatibility, did not work. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling it. I was able to finally bring up the actual program, but it won’t run my project.

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Have you tried opening a backup copy of the project?

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Yup, and it works. I am guessing that there was something wrong with my original file for whatever reason? Somehow it got corrupted? That’s a little disturbing…but I suppose this is why we have backups in the first place.

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Where are you saving your projects?