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Corrupted file/ changes not saved
If you can open at least one of the files I suggest you save the file as XML. Then re-open the XML file in Project. That often clears corruption. It likely won't recover your edits but at least it will be a "clean" starting point.
For the file that won't open, there are 3rd party utilities that claim to be able to recover corrupt Project files but I have no first hand experience so can't recommend any.
Why did your files go bonkers? It's hard to tell. If you are working on the files over a network it could have been a server glitch. If the file is part of a linked structure (i.e. master/subprojects or resource pool/sharer), those structures are prone to corruption.
John
If you can open at least one of the files I suggest you save the file as XML. Then re-open the XML file in Project. That often clears corruption. It likely won't recover your edits but at least it will be a "clean" starting point.
For the file that won't open, there are 3rd party utilities that claim to be able to recover corrupt Project files but I have no first hand experience so can't recommend any.
Why did your files go bonkers? It's hard to tell. If you are working on the files over a network it could have been a server glitch. If the file is part of a linked structure (i.e. master/subprojects or resource pool/sharer), those structures are prone to corruption.
John
- Thanks John for your reply.
I already tried to open the file by the recovery tools but without success. Now I see the file is crazy big ~16MB and after converting to XML and back to MSP it's resized to 1MB.
Cheers, Tom- Tom,
You're welcome and thanks for the feedback. So, it sounds like your file had corruption and now it is cleared. Unfortunately you'll have to re-enter your edits but at least you have a starting point.
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John
