# Earth won't open .elements file

**URL:** https://talk.remobjects.com/t/earth-wont-open-elements-file/34272
**Category:** Elements
**Created:** [November 4, 2026, 3:39am UTC](https://talk.remobjects.com/t/earth-wont-open-elements-file/34272 "2026-11-04T03:39:44Z")
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### Author: ![phil2](https://talk.remobjects.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/3ab097/32.png) [@phil2](https://talk.remobjects.com/u/phil2)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2026, 3:39am UTC](https://talk.remobjects.com/t/earth-wont-open-elements-file/34272/1 "2026-11-04T03:39:44Z")

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I have been playing around with pure Linux workflows for Elements. I have written a shell script (see [here](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pmunts/libsimpleio/refs/heads/master/elements/dotnet/scripts/remobjects-elements-dotnet-newproject)) that instantiates one of my [custom Visual Studio project templates](https://git.munts.com/libsimpleio/elements/dotnet/templates) from the Linux command line. My project templates do not contain a `.sln` file (normally the IDE creates it), so neither does the instantiated project directory.

Fire and Water both open such a project and automatically create a `.sln` file. Earth does not.