To get it open, I'd try the undocumented "Heroic Open" command. I haven't
tried it in 9, so I'll assume it's there.
Open FM and create a new, empty file. Leave it open.
Type ESC, o, and Shift+h -- the Open File box should appear. If the file
opens, save it with a new name, and maybe save it as a MIF too.
****
If I were you, I'd MIF-wash all the files -- SaveAs MIF, open MIF, and
SaveAs .fm.
***
Also, I'd give serious consideration to transporting your files between
machines in a safer medium, such as Dropbox (www.getdropbox.com), which also
gives you great depth of backup files automatically.
Cheers,
Art
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On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 7:05 PM, Karen Robbins <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hi Framers,
>
> I've read a few threads on this in the archives but didn't get how they
> could help solve this problem.
>
> Using FM 9.0p255 on a virtual PC, Windows 7, via Parallels.
>
> I have a set of well-established files on an external HD that I take
> between home and office to work on the files regularly. Yesterday, one file
> generated the dreaded "unknown file type" error and nothing seemed to open
> it. Because I'd had a modem power supply go bad around the same time as I
> last worked on this file (at home), I accepted the corruption and was able
> to restore the content from other sources into a new file.
>
> Today, a different file that was fine yesterday afternoon at home now
> generates the same "unknown file type" error at the office. And this file I
> don't relish reconstructing. The result is the same whether I double-click
> from the Mac, open from the Windows desktop or folder, or choose File>Open
> in Frame. From the Mac side it looks like the permissions are OK; don't know
> how to check that on the PC side.
>
> I'm concerned that the problem is random and could affect any file at any
> time--I can't back up every file every minute without seriously slowing down
> my/the computer's efficiency and compromising my already-tight deadline.
>
> Are there any solutions to this problem? Something I missed or
> misunderstood in the archives?
>
> Thanks for any insight,
> Karen
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