Project missing startup folder

Hello, a couple days ago i was working on a game, after shutting off my PC and saving i came back to the project being blank with the default start up level loading in. I checked my files and it appears that all the files are in order but i am missing my startup or .uproject folder. This results in me opening a new project under the same name as my old one with all the saves bc the launcher has no file to open. the one with the blue icon opens fine and is what i need. The other one is my current project.

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