During startup of SDL Trados Studio the following error message displays:
Failed to load project from 'C:\[folder path]\[project file name].sdlproj':
There is an error in XML document (X, Y). Unexpected end of file has occurred.
The following elements are not closed: SettingsGroup, SettingsBundle, SettingsBundle, SettingsBundles, Project. Line X, position Y.
The last two line of the error message may be different. Then Studio shuts down. The workaround explained below will still enable you to start Studio.