Exception when opening a PLC Designer project with a double-click (fixed from V3.20)

Corrected from:
PLC Designer V3.20

Response of the new version:
If a PLC Designer project is opened by double-clicking on the project file in Windows Explorer, no exception appears.
  
What happens?
When opening a PLC Designer project, a dialog with the following message appears:
Unhandled exception has occurred in your application...
 
After that a dialog with the following message appears:
Object reference not set to an instance of an object.  
 
When does this behaviour occur?
If a PLC Designer project is opened by double-clicking the project file in the Windows Explorer, very rarely, an exception occurs. The behaviour is project-dependent, i.e. if a project is affected, the behaviour will always occur.
 
Which products are affected?
PLC Designer V3.14
 
Short-term measures:
Start the PLC Designer (e.g. from the EASY Navigator) and open the PLC project via the 'File>Open Project' menu command. In this way, the project will be opened without exception.
 
Evaluation/recommendations:
Very rarely, an exception may occur when opening a PLC project. An applicative solution is described under 'Short-term measures'.
 
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