Deleting entire projects from Vegas HD Platinum 10

[Collene]

As elementary as this is (and somewhat embarrassing) I am unable to delete entire projects from the recent projects menu at start up. I want to delete all the old projects so that I only have the one I'm currently working on listed. How do I do that? I'm having trouble bringing all the media I need into my new project and thought perhaps deleting everything I don't need from old movie projects would give me more room to work.

[Steve Grisetti]

Are you actually deleting the project files from your hard drive, Collene? That will remove them from the Recent Project list. In fact, I think it's about the only way.

Well, short of going to Options/Preference/General and selecting the option to not display the recently opened projects at all (or setting it to only list the one recent project you're working on).

[Collene]

Yes I am. If I understand correctly I will still have all the original MOV files in my windows program, I just won't have the folders with the files I used to make the movies (which are now completed) they have been transferred to DVDs and I no longer wanted them in program. Thanks for the quick reply.

[Steve Grisetti]

So we've answered your question, right?

[Collene]

Yep! Thank you.

[Collene]

Okay, maybe I was a little hasty on the yep... As I understand it when we use Vegas we are using a non-destructive editing process. Am I correct in thinking that while I import my various video clips into the Vegas program that they also remain in the windows photo gallery program? So when I delete from the Vegas program those files are deleted from the hard drive, but the original clips that are in windows photo gallery remain there and continue to be accessible. Is that right?

[Steve Grisetti]

If you delete the video and photo files from your hard drive, you should no longer see them in your Windows photo gallery.

But deleting the .veg project files isn't the same as deleting your video and media files. You can delete your project files and yet leave your media files on your computer for later use.