Mystery Error when Running the File

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I am very new at programming and for a class I am trying to create a game. I have very minimal code (30 ish lines) and none of it is showing as an error. I’ve made a ton of sprites that I converted to .png form and are under the res:// folder so I can put them in animation and other places. When I try to run the game it shows this message:

E 0:00:00:264 _load_data: Unable to open file: res://.godot/imported/Artie.png-2510339e35188919815665f09878d204.ctex.
<C++ Error> Condition “f.is_null()” is true. Returning: ERR_CANT_OPEN
<C++ Source> scene/resources/compressed_texture.cpp:45 @ _load_data()

I have searched online everywhere and nothing is helping me. I have no idea what this means and I don’t have any files anywhere on my computer or on Godot titled Artie.png. Can someone help me with what is happening or how I could fix this?

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Try deleting “.godot” folder and open the project again. It may help.

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By that do you mean the folder that holds my project? Or just delete the “.godot” part? I can’t find anything like that except a file named “project.godot”

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There is a hidden folder named .godot, do not delete your project and do not delete the file project.godot.

You can only see this folder inside of your OS’ file explorer; you may need to enable Show Hidden Items. Close the project, delete the hidden folder .godot, and re-open the project.