Animate file cannot be open

Question

When I drew my animation work, it went black and my computer crashed.
I restarted it and I found that my Animate file could not be opened.

I haven't change anything with setting, and I had restarted my preferences but it still not works.

I feel sad cause I done my works been half, so can someone help me?

Just like this, it means there is error with open this file. (Adobe Animate 2022 in Chinese version)

DeanUtian · Accepted Answer

For anyone visiting this thread, the issue has been resolved as best as possible. Star5FCB direct messaged me with a link to the corrupted FLA. I was not able to repair it by looking inside and following the approach I reffered to in my last message. However, a SWF had been created and it could be imported into Animate to get back the content. This is a positive outcome of restoring lost work in the corrupt FLA.

The lesson for all is to save multiple copies of your work in different FLA files. Keep a good system for naming and keeping track of the different versions of yor work. That way, if something goes wrong and a file is corrupted, you have something to go back to.

DeanUtian · Answer

Do you have any recovery versions? Sometimes when Aninate crashes, it creates a copy of the FLA? Or there could be automated backup versions created.

The thread below give a way to repair a corrupt FLA

https://community.adobe.com/t5/animate-discussions/adobe-animate-cc-fla-file-has-an-error-while-opening/td-p/10339732

I'm happy to look at the file and see if I can do anything with it. You can message me directly and give a link to the file if you want.

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