"The scene needs to be saved inside the Assets folder of your project" when saving scene

I ran into the same issue as well. What I did is closed down the window and then it asked me if I wanted to keep or discard the project. Click "keep" and it should automatically save the project in the documents section of your computer. Now re-open the unity application, you project should show up in the dashboard. Open it and then try saving the scene again. It worked for me

Hey guys, I had the same problem. Initially, I created my project directly in the "Users" folder (I am working on a mac). And, I first named it "InterfaceÜbersicht". Then I figured either the name (maybe because of the "Ü") or the location I saved the project to was causing the problem. So first I did was to create a new folder "Unity" within my folder "Documents". There I created a new Unity project, using a name without any special characters, in my case "TestProject". Within this project I was able to save my scenes.

The Problem is that when the leaning project loads, it loads to a folder you can't directly save to, which means you can't save assets there. The only way to fix is to MANUALY move the file, from where it is to where you can open it and then open it.

I am running through the same problem.. it is in the Assets folder as far as the folder explorer, but i don't have an Assets Folder in the Project Window, neither a Favorites tab..! I don't know why!

But for the mean time, i found that if you go the Project Window->Create->Scene.. An empty scene will be created.. You can work on that until someone gives us the real solution.

@Ashargin ctrl+s , go to your project's name, click on "Assets" and save