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how do i open a corrupted file with ~$ in word 2003
Word restarts on its own once in a while - not all the time. If I have
multiple files open they don't show up in the autorecover dialog box. THey are saved as ~$(filename) and when I open them they only have boxes and lines in them. When I open them with recover all text documents or open and repair all I get is my name repeated a few times. Opening them and saving as hml docs doesn't work either - but maybe I'm not doing that correctly. I tried looking in applications, microsoft, word for the autorecovery file but it is empty. thanks! mona |
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how do i open a corrupted file with ~$ in word 2003
The ~$ file is a temporary "owner" file (see
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=211632 "Description of how Word creates temporary files" for more information). It does not contain anything from your unsaved document, so it won't do you any good to open it. See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/AutomaticSave.htm . Also see "How to recover a lost file" in: Word 2003: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=827099 Word 2002: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=316951 Word 2000: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=316950 Each article has a section on how to access Word's autorecovery files. mona wrote: Word restarts on its own once in a while - not all the time. If I have multiple files open they don't show up in the autorecover dialog box. THey are saved as ~$(filename) and when I open them they only have boxes and lines in them. When I open them with recover all text documents or open and repair all I get is my name repeated a few times. Opening them and saving as hml docs doesn't work either - but maybe I'm not doing that correctly. I tried looking in applications, microsoft, word for the autorecovery file but it is empty. thanks! mona |
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how do i open a corrupted file with ~$ in word 2003
Files that start with ~$ are not recovery files or anything like that.
They're temporary files called "owner files" that prevent any other user from opening a document at the same time you have it open. There is no part of the document's contents in there, so they're worthless for recovery. If you have an AutoRecover file, it will have an .asd extension. It will be in the folder listed as the AutoRecover location in Tools Options File Locations. Word automatically deletes this file when the program exits "normally" (which may or may not be at your request). It remains behind only when Word really crashes and doesn't have a chance to delete its temporary files. If you go to Tools Options Save and check the box for "Always create backup copy", Word will make a .wbk file in the same folder as the document each time you save, and it will contain the document as it existed after the previous save (that is, one version back). If this isn't good enough for you, use Graham Mayor's macro at http://www.gmayor.com/automatically_backup.htm. Also use the procedure at http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm to clean up the mess you already have. And it sounds like you could also use a good general backup procedure, like the one in http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/FilesToBackup.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 13:57:01 -0800, mona wrote: Word restarts on its own once in a while - not all the time. If I have multiple files open they don't show up in the autorecover dialog box. THey are saved as ~$(filename) and when I open them they only have boxes and lines in them. When I open them with recover all text documents or open and repair all I get is my name repeated a few times. Opening them and saving as hml docs doesn't work either - but maybe I'm not doing that correctly. I tried looking in applications, microsoft, word for the autorecovery file but it is empty. thanks! mona |
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