Audio Montage file version issue

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Hello, I’ve noticed that if I was to copy a montage template file from the folder “C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Roaming\Steinberg\WaveLab Pro 12\Presets\Templates\AudioMontage\2 Tracks 96k.mon” and open it from another location, Wavelab gives me the error message that I’m attempting to open an older version of a .mon file and it will create a new copy with the “v12” added to the file name. I AM in fact opening a v12 .mon file though, so I don’t know why it’s doing that.

The reason this comes up is that I have some Windows automation set up so that when I get a new project set up in my CRM, it automatically creates a predefined folder structure, copies the mix files, then copies the default .mon template file for the required sample rate, then renames it to the project name. Then all I have to do is open the new .mon file and drop the mix files in. It’s not a huge deal that it creates a second .mon file with the “v12” added, I just get irritated because it’s cluttering up my folders more than necessary. Any ideas?

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Check in an editor whether the mon file is actually version 12. The file contains the version number at the start in the form WaveLabAudioMontageXX.X, where XX.X is the version number (e.g. 12.0).

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In what editor should I be checking the .mon file?

Edit: I figured it out, any text editor will do. These are v11 montages! Why are they in the v12 file structure?!

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Thanks for the help, I would have never thought of checking that.

I just ended up opening these files in v12 and creating the corrected versions right in the Wavelab folder structure. It’s weird though, when I opened these via the “new from template” dialog, it never gave me the warning, only if I opened it directly, which was what led me to believe that these were v12 files.

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