How to find corrupted or unoenable indd files in all subfolders? Maybe script with logs?

[kajzica]

hi

I have share with 1000s indd documents in multiple subfolders. Want to find all which indesign cant open and report it to some txt log. How I can do this? I can ignore missing link/fonts etc.

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

If you work on a PC - I can give you full access to my ID-Tasker for few days for free. 

[kajzica]

yes, pc

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

Great, what kind of report would you like? 

And what extra options / functionality? 

Sometimes corrupted files can be fixed - if opened without showing them - then exported as IDML. 

[kajzica]

no repair. in report only path for indds which wont successfully opened, ignoring missing fonts, link, plugins etc.

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

no repair. in report only path for indds which wont successfully opened, ignoring missing fonts, link, plugins etc.

By @kajzica

Any chance you already have some examples? I might have few but would be beneficial to have few more for testing - with different kinds of corruption. 

[kajzica]

this file come from deduplicates windows server volume.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WiGetmRb0fgjI5HMY9nK9uPRL7o1M8xU/view?usp=sharing

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

Done.

If Document is not corrupted - can be opened and won't hang InDesign - number of pages will be updated - shortcut for now:

There is a bit of a "trade off" - I need to give InDesign enough time to hang - so right now it takes at least 20 seconds to process each file (*) - no matter if it opens or not ... so for 1000 files it's at least 6 hours - but the good news is - you can leave it overnight.

(*) I'm testing it on my laptop with mid range 1TB SSD - if you have faster SSD - then this 20s could be made 15s - but I think it's better to give it a bit of extra time - just in case ... hey, at least you don't have to sit and do it manually, right?

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

New idea(s):

1) to speed up the process - I could link size of the file with time - 1s for every 500Kb/1Mb - and max 30s - so I can test smaller files much quicker,

2) maybe instead of a list - it would be more benficial to re-save INDD files that can be opened with a new name - or export them as IDML?

If something happened with your server - or you want to migrate from older version of InDesign - at some point you'll have to open each file anyway - why not do it now?

Maybe even do PDF export of the whole file or few first pages as a JPEG preview?

Of course list can be created anyway.

And just tested something else - you could sort of use Bridge - it generates previews / tries to open INDD files - but generates false positives:

Won't open at all in InDesign:

OK:

CORRUPTED - even when it shows Swatches - will hang InDesign:

[kajzica]

tnx for time. need to try taxer. maybe we can use it for other task. bridge wont have reporting. 

i have 112000 indd files in 1.3tb

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

tnx for time. need to try taxer. maybe we can use it for other task. bridge wont have reporting. 

i have 112000 indd files in 1.3tb

By @kajzica

You are welcome. 

Quite a number of files - would be best if you process it in few chunks... 

About 6 days of continuous processing without the time optimisation ... on average it's about 11.6Mb / file so my idea to link size with time should save some time. 

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

Extra bonus - if instead of updating page count - to see if file is OK - IDML export would be performed - some of the files can be recovered.