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[waystal26]

hi all,
I stumbled upon a weird problem some days ago. I worked in MS Project for some days, and I got error - An unexpected problem occurred while opening the file. I hope I will find the causes of microsoft project repair corrupt file.

 

[JulieInMaine]

Can you give us a bit more to go on? Are you opening the file by opening Project, browsing to the file and opening?

 

[waystal26]

Yes, that's right, but I still have the same problem.

 

[thimerse26]

10 reliable steps and your ms project file must be restored, another way you can try

https://www.repairtoolbox.com/projectrepair.html

Project Repair Toolbox

1. Open a new blank project file
2. Go to Insert/Project and insert the problem file.
3. Select the first task which will be the insertion point summary line.
4. Go to Project/Task Information/Advanced tab.
5. Uncheck the "Link to Project" button and hit "OK".
6. If the file isn't already expanded, expand it.
7. Select all tasks below the top level summary line.
8. Outdent the selected tasks.
9. Delete the first task which previously was a summary line.
10. Save the resulting file.