Ok Major Problem. I try to open about 2 months worth of work on Microsoft word and it says....?

Question

"The document name or path is not valid" OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!!! This is like 2 months worth of work. I just modifyed it yesterday and everything was normal. What can I do... OH btw this project is my entire grade and is due in like a week! Should I flee to Mexico? LOL

Hmm. Well I can tell you forsure I didnt move it. I see the file in my documents but when I try to open it says that. WOuld system restore work?

OK tried it on another computer and it is a newer version of word and says that the file may be corrupt and that I am screwed. Hahha not the last part. Will system restore fix the corrupted file? I am willing to spend money to get the file back if I need to. Any more help would be GREAT!

Answer 1

First check this out
http://www.word-fix.com/index.shtml
If that's too expensive then:
The only thing I woul try is changing the extension to.txt instead of .doc and then opeining it wordpad.
What you'll see is a bunch of spaghetti-- and then a block of your text then spaghetti, then text then spaghetti, so cut and paste the blocks of text in order back into a blank word document.
That's the hard way...the easy way...well there isn't one.

Answer 2

Try re-installing MS Office. I've seen rare occasions where Office gets corrupted showing that error.

Chances are, the document is fine. Remove and Re-install Office and try to open it again.

BTW... You can test to see if the file is good by opening the file in WORDPAD.

Answer 3

You remember the file name? Do a search for it in windows search. If you find it, load it to a flash drive or burn to a cd before you lose it forever!