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'failed to open document' in flash cs6, what should i do to recover the file?

Hello, ive been working on a flash animation for the past two weeks, running on mac 10.8.2, flash cs6, autosaved every 15 minutes. about 2 hours ago, i added a frame and it did the rainbow ball of death then the programme crash. i didnt think it was serious but as i opened the file again, a message popped up : 'failed to open document'. now i have tried everything, converting it to zip file then opening it. renaming etc. i do not know what to do anymore, so any help would be SO appreciated. you will literally save my life! i am running on a deadline and i will be forever thankful if you could help me!

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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago
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    Change the extension of .fla to .rar.

    Open it using the WinRAR application.

    Winrar throws a warning stating that you attempted to open damaged archive, you can safely Ignore the warning.

    Go to Tools->Repair Archive. This ensures that the archive and hence, the FLA is repaired.

    Change the extension to .fla.

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