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May 10th, 2018 02:00
The ms project file is damaged. How to recover?
I have a fairly large project plan I have been working on in 2013 for months. about a week ago, everything was fine. Now that I've tried to open it .mpp from file Manager or" recently opened files", project (s) opens but does not open its own .mpp. When I try to just open the program and then manually going to the folder where my.mpp is located and open it already this way, the project actually stops responding.
I can open a new blank project, everything works fine there, so I think my file got corrupted. I've read a few things that could potentially help, like restoring a project, restoring previous versions, and removing all references / predecessors from the plan, but they don't help. Who knows the answer what it is…
Thanks in advance!!
electroode
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May 24th, 2018 03:00
I'm afraid you can only open a Project file using MS Project. There is an outside chance you can get it to work. Try creating a new project and inserting (Insert > Project) the damaged file. Moreover I suggest installing all of the latest service packs. I don't think that will "rescue" your damaged file, but it might save damage in the future. Also -- always have a good backup, or you can try to use . I hope this helps.