# Uassets not showing up in content browser **URL:** \ **Category:** Community & Industry Discussion\ **Tags:** content-browser, unreal-engine, file, question\ **Created:** [September 8, 2020, 3:52am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/uassets-not-showing-up-in-content-browser/470998 "2020-09-08T03:52:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Firefizz8](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Firefizz8](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Firefizz8)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 3:52am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/uassets-not-showing-up-in-content-browser/470998/1 "2020-09-08T03:52:04Z")
Hello, I would like some assistance with this error. I have files inside the content folder (in file explorer), but some of the files in there aren’t showing up in the content browser (in ue4). The last time I touched this project was about 2 weeks ago, and it was all working fine until today. All help would be appreciated. ![312799-untitled.png](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/e/8/5/e8575c31578379a19b6364669c3e04ac2a7219b2.png) ---
**Author:** ![ClockworkOcean](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/clockworkocean/32/1169999_2.png) [@ClockworkOcean](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/ClockworkOcean)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 7:30am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/uassets-not-showing-up-in-content-browser/470998/2 "2020-09-08T07:30:55Z")
The usual reason for this, is moving assets from a project with a higher engine version in windows. I don’t suppose you did anything like that? ---
**Author:** ![expose](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@expose](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/expose)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 9:49am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/uassets-not-showing-up-in-content-browser/470998/3 "2020-09-08T09:49:36Z")
as those are blueprints, it can come from a disabled plugin too ---
**Author:** ![Firefizz8](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Firefizz8](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Firefizz8)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/uassets-not-showing-up-in-content-browser/470998/4 "2020-09-08T16:57:20Z")
I don’t think so. I believe I’ve been opening it with its default version. ---
**Author:** ![ClockworkOcean](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/clockworkocean/32/1169999_2.png) [@ClockworkOcean](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/ClockworkOcean)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/uassets-not-showing-up-in-content-browser/470998/5 "2020-09-08T18:14:32Z")
Hmmm, sorry. That’s the only time I’ve seen it… ---
**Author:** ![Firefizz8](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Firefizz8](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Firefizz8)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/uassets-not-showing-up-in-content-browser/470998/6 "2020-09-08T18:19:25Z")
I double-checked the engine version, and the cause was that it had to run on a newer ue4 version. ---
**Author:** ![ClockworkOcean](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/clockworkocean/32/1169999_2.png) [@ClockworkOcean](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/ClockworkOcean)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 6:20pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/uassets-not-showing-up-in-content-browser/470998/7 "2020-09-08T18:20:32Z")
Ah, told ya 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Austinlele](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Austinlele](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Austinlele)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 6:57pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/uassets-not-showing-up-in-content-browser/470998/8 "2021-02-03T18:57:00Z")
how to fix the issue? ---
**Author:** ![Davy\_Clouser1](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Davy\_Clouser1](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Davy_Clouser1)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 2:25am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/uassets-not-showing-up-in-content-browser/470998/9 "2022-03-28T02:25:45Z")
I actually really need to know how to fix this. I cannot recover an asset folder that contains all my material, material functions and layer info. All the assets are visible in the file explorer but UE4 refuses to show them in the content browser and none of my material work. Here’s what I did: 1 - Rename folder 2 - UE4 creates a new one with the new name and keeps the old one. 3 - I change my mind and delete the new one 4 - UE4 crashes shortly after deletion 5 - Restart UE4 and can’t see my materials in the scene or in the content browser 6 - Try Fix redirectors, doesn’t work, restart UE4, still doesn’t work(show redirectors filter active, still nothing) 7 - Delete CachedAssetRegistry.bin, start UE4, fix redirectors again, still nothing I built from source on Linux so it is absolutely not a version problem. It has been an extremely frustrating experience so far and I am completely lost. If anyone has any idea what to please speak up I’m begging you. ---
**Author:** ![eizzof](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@eizzof](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/eizzof)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/uassets-not-showing-up-in-content-browser/470998/10 "2023-01-10T16:35:55Z")
Did you end up figuring this out? ---
**Author:** ![EnterMyDreams](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@EnterMyDreams](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/EnterMyDreams)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 5:19am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/uassets-not-showing-up-in-content-browser/470998/11 "2023-01-20T05:19:21Z")
I have the same issue ;( ---
**Author:** ![donuzusta](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/donuzusta/32/902790_2.png) [@donuzusta](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/donuzusta)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2024, 3:00pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/uassets-not-showing-up-in-content-browser/470998/12 "2024-02-03T15:00:02Z")
Hi, - Create a new folder. - Move .uasset files to created new folder - copy and paste this folder to your ue project. done. this method fix my issue. My engine version is 5.3.2