# Modules disappeared from library

**URL:** <https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/modules-disappeared-from-library/11317>\
**Category:** Technical Support & Bugs\
**Created:** [November 6, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/modules-disappeared-from-library/11317 "2020-11-06T16:29:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![abouffard](https://forum.vassalengine.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@abouffard](https://forum.vassalengine.org/u/abouffard)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/modules-disappeared-from-library/11317/1 "2020-11-06T16:29:55Z")

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I had a local module/game open overnight.

When I looked this morning the map looked “corrupt”. I had to kill the process in Task Manager as Vassal was unresponsive.

When I open Vassal now, my list of modules in the “library” is empty. I can open a module and it gets added back in, but what corrupted the library of modules I had in the list yesterday?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![uckelman](https://forum.vassalengine.org/user_avatar/forum.vassalengine.org/uckelman/32/10020_2.png) [@uckelman](https://forum.vassalengine.org/u/uckelman)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 11:18pm UTC](https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/modules-disappeared-from-library/11317/2 "2020-11-11T23:18:57Z")

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Thus spake abouffard via messages:

> I had a local module/game open overnight.
> 
> When I looked this morning the map looked “corrupt”. I had to kill the  
> process in Task Manager as Vassal was unresponsive.
> 
> When I open Vassal now, my list of modules in the “library” is empty. I  
> can open a module and it gets added back in, but what corrupted the  
> library of modules I had in the list yesterday?

The module list is stored in VASSAL’s user settings directory in the  
file prefs/V\_Global, as the value of the RecentModules key. Probably  
what happened is that file got corrupted when you killed the process.

–  
J.