# Invalid project file error

**URL:** <https://discourse.pumas.ai/t/invalid-project-file-error/884>\
**Category:** How-to\
**Created:** [June 5, 2023, 1:15pm UTC](https://discourse.pumas.ai/t/invalid-project-file-error/884 "2023-06-05T13:15:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sweilem](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.pumas.ai/sweilem/32/285_2.png) [@Sweilem](https://discourse.pumas.ai/u/Sweilem)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2023, 1:15pm UTC](https://discourse.pumas.ai/t/invalid-project-file-error/884/1 "2023-06-05T13:15:04Z")

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Hello!

I’m getting an error when running NCA report function using report(pk\_nca, output, …etc)  
I’m using the desktop app.

**Error: invalid project file**

Is this related to the working directory or how can I solve this if you can please advice!

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**Author:** ![vijay](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.pumas.ai/vijay/32/96_2.png) [@vijay](https://discourse.pumas.ai/u/vijay)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2023, 3:46pm UTC](https://discourse.pumas.ai/t/invalid-project-file-error/884/2 "2023-06-07T15:46:30Z")

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can you please show the whole error message

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**Author:** ![Sweilem](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.pumas.ai/sweilem/32/285_2.png) [@Sweilem](https://discourse.pumas.ai/u/Sweilem)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2023, 4:14pm UTC](https://discourse.pumas.ai/t/invalid-project-file-error/884/3 "2023-06-07T16:14:01Z")

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ERROR: invalid project file: c:\Users\SR\Desktop\Training \PumasQualification.jl-2.3.0-1\Project.toml  
Stacktrace:  
[1] error(s::String)  
@ Base .\error.jl:35  
[2] \_sys\_info(project::String)  
@ NCAUtilities C:\build\run\_work\PumasSystemImages\PumasSystemImages\julia\_depot\packages\NCAUtilities\DjzDj\src\reports\reports.jl:308  
[3] report(r::NCAReport, summary::DataFrame; output::String, force::Bool, clean::Bool, header::String, footer::String, plot\_fontsize::Int64, plot\_resolution::Tuple{Int64, Int64}, section\_order::Vector{String}, plot\_styles::NCAUtilities.PlotStyles, kws::Base.Pairs{Symbol, Union{}, Tuple{}, NamedTuple{(), Tuple{}}})  
@ NCAUtilities C:\build\run\_work\PumasSystemImages\PumasSystemImages\julia\_depot\packages\NCAUtilities\DjzDj\src\reports\reports.jl:201  
[4] top-level scope  
@ c:\Users\SR\Desktop\Training 2023\amd3100\amd3100\scripts\a2\_part1.jl:163

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**Author:** ![monia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@monia](https://discourse.pumas.ai/u/monia)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 1:38pm UTC](https://discourse.pumas.ai/t/invalid-project-file-error/884/4 "2024-04-05T13:38:48Z")

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Hi,

Did anyone get to the bottom of this? I’m getting the same error at the moment.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![vijay](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.pumas.ai/vijay/32/96_2.png) [@vijay](https://discourse.pumas.ai/u/vijay)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2024, 9:57pm UTC](https://discourse.pumas.ai/t/invalid-project-file-error/884/5 "2024-04-07T21:57:02Z")

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Dear @monia thank you for the email. Yes, this has been resolved as user error. Can you please let us know which version of the desktop did you get and set of instructions you are trying to follow?