# Chapter 2 Missing project.xcworkspace

**URL:** <https://forums.kodeco.com/t/chapter-2-missing-project-xcworkspace/90082>\
**Category:** SwiftUI by Tutorials\
**Created:** [December 2, 2019, 5:16pm UTC](https://forums.kodeco.com/t/chapter-2-missing-project-xcworkspace/90082 "2019-12-02T17:16:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![itaylorm](https://assets.chunter.kodeco.com/user_avatar/forums.kodeco.com/itaylorm/32/83238_2.png) [@itaylorm](https://forums.kodeco.com/u/itaylorm)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 5:16pm UTC](https://forums.kodeco.com/t/chapter-2-missing-project-xcworkspace/90082/1 "2019-12-02T17:16:04Z")

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I am unable to open the starter project because it is missing a file project.xcworkspace

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**Author:** ![itaylorm](https://assets.chunter.kodeco.com/user_avatar/forums.kodeco.com/itaylorm/32/83238_2.png) [@itaylorm](https://forums.kodeco.com/u/itaylorm)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 5:25pm UTC](https://forums.kodeco.com/t/chapter-2-missing-project-xcworkspace/90082/2 "2019-12-02T17:25:23Z")

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Rebooted computer as per this stack overflow question and it fixed it

> <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17691666/could-not-open-workspace-file-of-xcode>

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**Author:** ![audrey](https://assets.chunter.kodeco.com/user_avatar/forums.kodeco.com/audrey/32/111607_2.png) [@audrey](https://forums.kodeco.com/u/audrey)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 9:15pm UTC](https://forums.kodeco.com/t/chapter-2-missing-project-xcworkspace/90082/3 "2019-12-02T21:15:37Z")

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thanks for posting this @itaylorm! mysterious error messages like this can be frustrating.