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Cabratibetana
Cabratibetana
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November 3, 2025
Question

Corrupted file in animate due to no space in disc... any chance to recover the file?

  • November 3, 2025
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Hello!

I have been diving in a lot of replies but nothing works for me.
I have been working in a file and I usually work with several backs ups at the same time.

Last friday I was working in a file when the computer started to complain about no space on disc. I cleaned the bin and everything seemed to work.

So I saved the file, the back up and de recovering file was still there. No errors, no complains from animate, neither windows.
And today I have found that all of them are corrupted!!!!

I have been looking for extra temporary files in windows, I have made the rar stuff and it said that it cannot be fixed. I tried to open from other device: nothing. The files are aound 200 mgs and I before this I didn´t have any issue for opening them.

 

Does someone have any extra solution?

Thanks a lot.

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    Cabratibetana
    CabratibetanaAuthor
    Participant
    November 3, 2025

    I am trying to do the inverse thing. I took 2 versions, the corrupted one, and the last version I have that it is not corrupted.
    I tried to combine the files inside, but I made a new rar and change the extension to *.fla and it doesn´t work. 

    I still have the library and I can export it but I need the timeline, full of text, drawing and groups. Where is saved the timeline in the following extensions? 

    Thanks a lot

     

    Colin Holgate
    Colin Holgate
    Inspiring
    November 3, 2025

    I feel sure that an FLA is a zip file, not a RAR file. I know RAR tools are often suggested as a way to repair files, but that could still be zip utilities. I did a test with an .fla, and sure enough, it's a zip file.

     

    The .xfl files can also be opened in Animate, no need to use RAR or ZIP. If you open the file ok you can then save as to a new.fla.

     

    Could I look at your corrupt .fla? I'm curious in what way the data is not correct. If you want you can give me the last working version as well, and I can try the merging test too.

      Cabratibetana
      CabratibetanaAuthor
      Participant
      November 3, 2025

      Hi Colin! 

      Thanks a lot.

      I can open the xfl file inside the "fake rar", but it is not the last one...
      I have the timeline there, but not the last version, it is one made some days ago, like if I haven't been saving.
      I mean: I had a version last tuesday, and worked on that version (and saving oc) the next days doing back up for all the versions. But it looks like the changes of wed and thu didn't get registered, not only friday. I can't understand anything either.

      Let me know how we could contact by private. Many thanks!

       

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