Cannot open file error

[Sarrach]

My computer crashed and when I attempted to reopen the file I was working on I got the following message.

Please advise.

[Peter Spier]

Look in the directory where the file is located for a .idlk file and delete it.

[Manan Joshi]

The .idlk would be hidden, so you will have to activate showing hidden files to locate it and delete it.

WIN :- View hidden files and folders in Windows

MAC :- Use the shortcut cmd+shift+. on the finder window

-Manan

[Sarrach]

I deleted the .idlk file and it still creates the error.

[Manan Joshi]

Then we could be looking at file corruption. Check the file size, does it look fishy? Very small in size or something like that. Can you share the file? So that we can have a look at it

-Manan

[Sarrach]

I have shared the file. Thank you.

[Peter Spier]

you'll ned to post it someplace (like dropbox or other sharing service) and give us a link....

[Sarrach]

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QwGPtifzZKfPPk71DlKWk320l1wDYUkz/view?usp=sharing

[Peter Spier]

File does not open here, either. It is either massively damaged or not an InDesign file at all -- I tried opeing it in Wordpad and got nothing but blank pages (I think 688 of them -- that's waht I got with Word). Typically a .indd opened that way will show characteristic header info.

Is it possible this file was renamed from something else?

[Sarrach]

I did change the name thinking that that would solve the problem. I went back to the original google drive folder, deleted the  .idlk file, and reverted back to a previous version. THIS WORKED! Thank you to everyone for their assistance.