Unexpected File Format Error

Discussion in 'SolidWorks' started by Simon Miller, Apr 20, 2005.

  1. Simon Miller

    Simon Miller Guest

    Is anyone else experiencing this error message. We have experienced this in
    SW2004 but have seen a large increase in occurrences in SW2005 SP0.1 This
    error appears when opening a previously worked on file and to date have no
    solution apart from re-loading from back-up and therefore loosing all work.
    This error sometimes shows up by receiving a "Unable to save" dialog, then
    when trying to open said file it gives a "Unexpected file format" error.
    Can anyone suggest a cause or better still a solution.

    I will be posing this to my VAR, so I will inform you of there response.

    Regards Simon
    Cube3
     
    Simon Miller, Apr 20, 2005
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  2. Simon Miller

    P. Guest

    Simon,

    A couple things.

    1. Clean out temp. The one under Documents and Settings for the user. It is
    normally hidden.

    2. Set backups to 2 in SW options. This will then keep one file back since
    SW will corrupt the backup file when it corrupts the regular file. Quicker
    than backup.

    3. Turn off AutoSave.

    4. If you think you are going to run into this work under SWRx and capture
    the problem.

    5. Do you work over the network or locally?
     
    P., Apr 22, 2005
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