File us bot recognized by Illustrator

[R Gonzalez]

I have a file from a version of Illustrator older than the one I currently have, but this new version
doesn't want to open the document. The legend is that it is not a recognizable file.
Do you have any idea how I can recover the contents of the file?

[Mylenium]

Without any specific info about the version of the file, your system and so on nobody can tell you much. That notwithstanding, there is simply a plethora of bugs currently that may prevent files from being opened, sometimes platform-specific, sometimes based on version. Just installing a previous version of AI, e.g. 2021 instead of the current may resolve the issue and similarly, opening a file created on a Mac on a Windows machine may work and so on.

Mylenium

[Monika Gause]

Just how old is the file?

Where is it currently stored? If on a network or in a synchronized folder, first copy it to the harddisk, then try to open it.

How do you open it? By double clicking? Try Illustrator File > Open

Did someone send it to you via email? Ask them to first zip it and then send again.