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June 12, 2020
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Recent InDesign File Won't Open; Shows as White Box Icon and 0KB in Windows

  • June 12, 2020
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I'm using InDesign 2020 and Windows 10. I dont' get any error message. File was saved and shut down normally one day ago. Now it simply won't open up. Does anyone know what's going on or how to recover this file?

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Sheena Kaul
Legend
June 20, 2020

Hi there, 

 

I hope your issue has been resolved till now. If not, please let us know so that we can assist you further. 

Else please confirm if any of the suggestions above helped. 

 

Regards,

Sheena

Scott Falkner
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 12, 2020

If the file is 0 kB it contains no data. That file is toast. Do you use backups? Incremental backups, like Time Machine or Backblaze will keep older versions of the file for you.

BogutarAuthor
Participant
June 12, 2020

Any thoughts on how that could just happen?

BobLevine
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 13, 2020

Is it in a Dropbox or OneDrive folder? If so, disable smart sync.