One of the most common questions we’ve always heard is “where are my files?” and the only answer we can provide is “wherever you put them”. Coastal Explorer has never controlled, or changed, where files are stored; it has always been up to the user via the Save As window in Coastal Explorer or the File Explorer outside of Coastal Explorer.
That is just one of several reasons that we now offer Cloud-Synchronized layers in addition to Voyage Plan Document (.nob file) layers. The new Cloud-Synchronized layers do not have a corresponding file that can become “lost”.
The Layers browser replaced the Files page and will still show you the location of a layer’s file when there is one (the folder will be displayed in parentheses after the name of the layer in the list).
If you have .nob files that are not appearing in the list on the Layers page, then they must be in a folder other than your Documents or Desktop. You can still access these files using the Open Voyage Plan Document command on the menu at the top of the Layers page (the three vertical dots) or the Ctrl+O key.
We have a video that describes how to use layers in a little more detail that might help.