File lost - can anyone help plz.

if this is Adobe's Pagemaker, (I am not familiar with the program), you may want to try Adobe's forums here;
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Some programs, (Microsoft Office for example), have the option to save a backup regularly in case of a system or program crash. Perhaps Pagemaker has the same option?

Good luck

Mark

No, i do not have a copy of the file. I never imagined, i can lose a file when system hangs up. The file is there, but its not opening. says cant open the file. is there any chance to revert to previous saved position?
Thanks
Arun

Try COPYING the file to a different location and open it from there. You can also try renaming by adding something to the FRONT fo the file name. What is the full and complete message ? Surely, it can't be just '' can't open the file'' ? Try also a universal file opener, e.g. CanOpener for Windows. Google for it ! Bear in mind that file is very likely damaged or corrupted, and without a backup, not much can be done.

The message i get is this. I m unable to open the file.


Cannot complete action.

Closing publication, some work may be lost. Open the previously saved publication.
8026:20551

I can see the file, File size and everything is perfect. I think it is a problem with Adobe. Pagemaker isnt able to open the file. Is there any other software in which i can opne pagemaker files?
Arun

Right click on the file, select "open with" then pick something from the list or select browse and find a program. If you pick a program that won't open it, you will get an error message. Although I doubt this solves your problem, I'd try each one and see if anything works.

If that doesn't open the file, try doing a Google search and see if there is anything that can open a corrupted Adobe Pagemaker file. Have you been to the Adobe web site?

Although it is too late for this file, I hope this will inspire you to save your data away from the hard drive. USB portable drives are cheap and easy to use.

If it's worth it to you, call Adobe and pay up for support and see if they have data recovery tools, or downloads.

What many learn this way is that you never have one copy of an important document. I have software under development and there are no less than 5 copies across machines and media. I can not afford to lose months of coding effort. I know this doesn't help you, but the lesson here is that you didn't heed what others told you about backup.

It's a lesson that some must learn firsthand.

Bob

For another similar name file of nearly the same file size. COPY that to another file then rename the extension to what Adobe uses. Try to open that. Some programs create a backup copy which you can use.

Bob