My assignment can not be fulfilled. Unclear bug in Project.

[ChelseaStark]

Periodically I work with files in mpp format. Recently, working on statistics, I needed data for the past year. To my surprise, I can not open them, but Project 16.0 reported an error: Project can not recognize this file format. Do you want to open this file as text only? I have no idea how I can get my data from there now? It is very important.

 

[johnherman]

There are several responses regarding un-openable files within this forum. Search within this forum to see which one(s) best suit your version and error messages.

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[KianHall]

[URL unfurl="true"]https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/323330[/url]

To restore the Project Server database, you can use repair microsoft project file of Microsoft SQL Server. To do this, follow these steps:
1. Click Start, click AllPrograms, click Microsoft SQL Server, and then click SQL Server Management Studio.
2. In the Connect to Server dialog, the Server Type should be "Database Engine". Check the Server name and Authentication and make changes if needed, then click the Connect button.
3. Expand SQL Server if needed and then expand Databases.
4. Right-click the database, point to All Tasks, and then click Restore then click Database….
5. From the list of backups, click the backup to restore, and then click OK to start the restore.
6. Click OK to confirm that the restore completed successfully.