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February 7, 2024
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Help! Indesign brakes every document I create ~efeguj.idlk

  • February 7, 2024
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Every time I create a new document, since three months ago, Indesign brakes the document and I am not able to open .indd file again
Indesign brakes the original file  and also it creates a copy that doesn't work in the same folder (~efeguj.idlk) 

 

I thought that the problem was because I haven't updated my InDesign, but it is still happening and is very frustrating because all my work is gone basically. 

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    Correct answer Frans v.d. Geest

    When you save a InDesign document, and(!) have this document open in InDesign, it will create a 'lock' file, idlk, so no one else can open it at the same time. When you close the file, the idlk disappears again. Sometimes, on crashes for example, the idlk is not removed: before opening the indd file, just move the idlk to the trash.

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    Frans v.d. Geest
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    Frans v.d. GeestCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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    February 7, 2024

    When you save a InDesign document, and(!) have this document open in InDesign, it will create a 'lock' file, idlk, so no one else can open it at the same time. When you close the file, the idlk disappears again. Sometimes, on crashes for example, the idlk is not removed: before opening the indd file, just move the idlk to the trash.

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    shade sadaAuthor
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    February 17, 2024

    thank you so much for your help 

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