After re-installing Trados on new computer, the project list that loads when opening is the one from my laptop not the new projects on this computer. How can I stop it doing this?

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I've recently re-installed Trados on a new computer with Windows 11 and had problems with installing and using due to One Drive. I managed to resolve this with Paul T's help (Case No. CS0037323 ). However, I've just come to open Trados again on my main computer and it has once again reverted to the project log from my laptop (which I'd just opened by mistake). How can I stop it openng the old laptop project list on this computer rather than my current one? I know I can download them via the project files, but that's such a pain each time it happens. Can I disconnect them in any way? I've disabled the One Drive back-up on my main computer and One Drive back-up isn't installed on my laptop (which is Windows 10), but the One Drive folder, where I keep the laptop Trados files so I can work when I'm away, is still synced so I can copy between the two if necessary. This sharing of project lists never happened with my previous set-up. 
 Many thanks, 
 Claire

Anca Stoian · Answer

Hi Claire Cox , 
 You can just remove the projects added by mistake from the list - in Projects view - right click on the project you don't want in Trados and select Remove from list. Trados does not save anything internally - projects are always saved locally and if you start new with Trados on a computer, you need to copy the projects and open them again on that computer. 
 
 Kind regards, 
 Anca

Anca Stoian · Answer

Trados sees only what projects you select to open and its projects do not synchronize automatically with the Trados projects from a different computer, you need to do that manually, meaning you need to copy the projects you want to open from one computer to another in a local folder and then open them. 
 If you only copied the old projects, the new ones won't be there.

Anca Stoian · Answer

Claire Cox We will be pleased to help you with this problem so have logged a support case on your behalf. We do prioritise customers who have a support contract so please keep in mind it could take up to 48 hours, especially over a weekend, but rest assured we will contact you as soon as we can. You will be contacted at the email address used for this Community. Support Case Id : CS0037636.

Anca Stoian · Answer

Claire Cox We will be pleased to help you with this problem so have logged a support case on your behalf. We do prioritise customers who have a support contract so please keep in mind it could take up to 48 hours, especially over a weekend, but rest assured we will contact you as soon as we can. You will be contacted at the email address used for this Community. Support Case Id : CS0038464.

Paul Tudoran · Answer

Via a remote session we managed to solve the issue by right clicking on the Studio 2021 file from OneDrive > Documents and selecting Always keep on this device option. This disables the synchronization from OneDrive only on that folder. We then opened ongoing projects in Studio, closed Studio and re-open it to check if the list remains in place, which it did.

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After re-installing Trados on new computer, the project list that loads when opening is the one from my laptop not the new projects on this computer. How can I stop it doing this?

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