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Indesign file recovery

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Sep 05, 2022 Sep 05, 2022

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A file I'm working on in indesign suddenly stopped working/

When I try to open it, apop up window appear saying:

It does not matter what I press (yes/no/cancel) It closes the progrem.

*this messege apear even when I just open the progrem or a different file.

How can I recover this file.

Any advise will be helpful

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Sep 12, 2022 Sep 12, 2022

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You may need to recover it from a backup. 

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Sep 12, 2022 Sep 12, 2022

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If it's not able to recover the file then I am afraid we are in a bad state. Read the following article and see if you find something useful

https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/indesign-document-recovery.html

On another note don't you have the file saved apart from the autosaved copy that is failing recovery. In that case atleast you will have the file till the last saved session. In such a case we can remove the recovery data manually and atleast start work again

-Manan

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If this happen do not do any recovery. Delete all lock and recovery files. Keep only the original. Rename the file. Open it and save as IDML and open the IDML, save as INDD.

If this does not work use the script blind open to save the file without opening it.

// blindOpen_and_IDML-Export.jsx 
 
var _file = File.openDialog("InDesign File"); // Select an INDD file 
if(_file != null) 
{ 
	var d = app.open(_file, false); // Open an INDD file without showing it 
	d.exportFile(ExportFormat.INDESIGN_MARKUP,  File(_file.fullName.replace(/.indd$/i,'.idml'))); // Export to IDML 
	d.close(SaveOptions.NO); // close without saving 
} 

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