Project Not Opening

[eddiebauer]

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

I can’t open my project. I have tried reinstalling but no luck.

Steps to Reproduce

Open your project it won’t open.

Expected Behavior

Project should open.

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 1.7.28
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: adb0f9e3e4f184bba7f3fa6dbfd72ad0ebb8cfd0
Date: 2025-10-01T02:45:21.769Z
Electron: 34.5.8
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.1
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 25.0.0

For AI issues: which model did you use?

I am unable to open my project. As such, it is not possible for me to have used an AI model.

For AI issues: add Request ID with privacy disabled

I am unable to open my project. As such, it is not possible for me to have used an AI model.

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

[eddiebauer]

can someone please help me i dont have friends and i think my parents dont like me

[eddiebauer]

Idk if it’s my antidepressants not working but nothing’s really working out

[TRTRTRTR]

Maybe you should downgrade and try again because this 1.7 is a very sick version

[MidnightOak]

@eddiebauer

i dont have friends and i think my parents dont like me

It’s okay, us strangers on the cursor forum, we like you.

[eddiebauer]

I downgraded to v1.4 and now I get this. It’s an improvement in that I get the left and right outlines of the cursor window but my project still doesn’t open.

[deanrie]

Hey, that’s strange. Could you try closing the project using File → Close Window, and then press Cmd + O to open it? If this doesn’t help, try renaming your project and opening it. The issue might be related to the chat history, which could be preventing your project from opening. Also, if this doesn’t work, open the DevTools panel to detect any errors.

[eddiebauer]

I tried closing and reopening just now but it’s the same issue. I was actually trying Cursor for the first time so there is no chat history. But since then I switched back to VS Code since I couldn’t let a tool stop me. The great lock-in is going on and I can’t risk losing focus.

But if you would like to hop on a Zoom/Teams meeting to look into this issue and make sure this doesn’t happen to other users, I would be glad to do that.