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Error message "Root element missing" while trying to open a saved workflow

San
5 - Atom

I am getting this error message and the workflow is not opening, neither is there a auto-recovered version showing under Files>Open Auto recovered files.

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I want to know what causes this issue and what is the fix. 

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patrick_digan
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

@San If you right click on the workflow in file explorer, use the open with button to open it in notepad/notepad++. Can you post the snippet of the top section. For example, here is what a workflow looks like:

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