Older PDFs give corrupt message?

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
April 8, 2024
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Hi All

Checking files in an archive I tried to open a series of PDFs that were created and saved in 2015, but when I try to open any of them I get the following message, which makes no sense as the PDFs were simply created and saved to the location and not emailed etc. Are they dead or can they be recovered or repaired?

Many thanks

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try67

Community Expert

Are the files loaded from a local folder, or from some kind of external device (portable hard-drive, USB stick, etc.)? If the latter, try copying them to the local computer first, and then load them.

Also, try opening one of these files in a plain-text editor, like Notepad. What does the first line look like?

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The_DigitiserAuthor

Inspiring

I thought they were on a local media server but it turns out they are now held in Azure. I downloaded them and tried opening them from there but I got the same message. They wouldn't open in notepad, or at least there is nothing to see. I tried photoshop to see what it made of it but it seems even photoshop dioesnt recognise them?