# My synfig file is not opening it says(errror bone not found)

**URL:** https://forums.synfig.org/t/my-synfig-file-is-not-opening-it-says-errror-bone-not-found/13411
**Category:** Debugging
**Created:** [August 29, 2022, 5:53pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/my-synfig-file-is-not-opening-it-says-errror-bone-not-found/13411 "2022-08-29T17:53:43Z")
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### Author: ![NEVERLOS](https://forums.synfig.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/a88e4f/32.png) [@NEVERLOS](https://forums.synfig.org/u/NEVERLOS)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2022, 5:53pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/my-synfig-file-is-not-opening-it-says-errror-bone-not-found/13411/1 "2022-08-29T17:53:43Z")

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![Screenshot (24)](https://forums.synfig.org/uploads/default/original/2X/3/33686b23d86e9872eba97f217557fde12cb96044.png)  
what can i do to fix it

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### Author: ![BobSynfig](https://forums.synfig.org/user_avatar/forums.synfig.org/bobsynfig/32/175_2.png) [@BobSynfig](https://forums.synfig.org/u/BobSynfig)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2022, 7:21pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/my-synfig-file-is-not-opening-it-says-errror-bone-not-found/13411/2 "2022-08-29T19:21:27Z")

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Hi and welcome here 🙂  
It is sadely a very common issue, answered many times on this forum  
Please use the search function, the result is not guaranted but it’s worth to have a try:  
[https://forums.synfig.org/search?q=bone%20error%20sifz](https://forums.synfig.org/search?q=bone%20error%20sifz)

And as I always recommend: Don’t use autosave and do regularly manual backups

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### Author: ![rodolforg](https://forums.synfig.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@rodolforg](https://forums.synfig.org/u/rodolforg)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2022, 12:28am UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/my-synfig-file-is-not-opening-it-says-errror-bone-not-found/13411/3 "2022-08-30T00:28:55Z")

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Did you copy and paste any skeleton/bone?

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### Author: ![NEVERLOS](https://forums.synfig.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/a88e4f/32.png) [@NEVERLOS](https://forums.synfig.org/u/NEVERLOS)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2022, 3:02pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/my-synfig-file-is-not-opening-it-says-errror-bone-not-found/13411/4 "2022-09-09T15:02:30Z")

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Yes I did iam not going do it again