The Project Root is the place where project description data is stored. This is data that HP Softbench creates to describe and manage the user's projects. Every user has one default project root, which they may change in order to look at projects elsewhere. The Local Workspace Root is where the USER's source and target files for a project are stored.
Every project has a Local Workspace Root.
The Local Workspace Root is created and maintained by the user and its default location for new projects is the directory where the user starts up HP Softbench. I have a project fileset, but none of the files exist on the filesystem. Create the mapping from the Local Workspace Root to the SoftCM archive. Start Configuration Management Tool . OR with nothing selected in the Files Browser, press the Configuration Management icon on the toolbar.