Indesign file recovery

[Ronena2596341292pl]

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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[BobLevine]

You may need to recover it from a backup. 

[Manan Joshi]

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

[Willi Adelberger]

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 
} 

[Kelsie27024650ii6d]

Not able to get this to work - do you have to save it as a certain name? Or use it a certain way?

[Peter Spier]

When none of the suggested procedures works it's pretty much the end of the road for that file and your only choices are to open a backed up previous version (which is why it is important to do a save AS with a new name periodically -- I do this at the beginning of every editing session), or start over if you have no previous version.

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

@Peter Spier

🙂 I'm pretty sure @Kelsie27024650ii6d is just asking how to execute this script 😉

@Kelsie27024650ii6d

https://creativepro.com/how-to-install-scripts-in-indesign/

[Peter Spier]

@Robert at ID-Tasker  I think maybe you're right and I hope it works.

[Peter Spier]

Actually there is one more option, but it's to use a paid file recovery service, Bad InDesign or Quark File Recovery Submission Form but it is not guaranteed and is not inexpensive, so only viable for files that would be extremely costly to rebuild.