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Question by drudiverse · May 19, 2014 at 04:08 PM · prefabs empty explorer

copying and pasting prefabs makes them emtpy

I created a number of prefabs with .asset mesh files. I couldnt differentiate in unity-broswer icons what was a prefab and what was an asset, they had the same icon.

So i tried to copy all the .prefab files into a subfolder using windows explorer copy-paste.

The program emptied all the prefabs, they became white empty boxes, and i cant copy them back.

Why does the file system in unity do that? it's happened to me before and i dont understand.

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AlucardJay · May 19, 2014 at 04:47 PM 1

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Don't try to do this externally with the file browser. If you want to move prefabs between projects, Export Package by right-clicking on the prefab. Then in your other project , go Assets > Import Package > Custom Package

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