WD2000: ErrMsg: "The file appears to be corrupted."

ID: Q224051

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 2000

ERROR MESSAGE

When you try to open a document, the following error message may appear:

The file appears to be corrupted.

NOTE: Microsoft Office 2000 has built-in functionality that allows you to get more information about difficult-to-troubleshoot alerts or error messages. If you want to enable this functionality for this and other error messages in Microsoft Office 2000, please download the Microsoft Office 2000 Customizable Alerts file from the Microsoft Office Update Web site at the following address:

http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/2000/downloadDetails/alerts.htm

NOTE: If you reached this article by clicking the Web Info button in an error message, you already have Customizable Alerts enabled.

CAUSE

Your document has been corrupted.

WHAT TO TRY

Your document has been corrupted.

There are several techniques you can use to try to open a document that will not open. Which method you use depends on the nature and severity of the damage to your document and the nature of the behavior exhibited.

For additional information about troubleshooting corrupt documents, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q211634 WD2000: Troubleshooting Damaged Documents

Additional query words: OFF2000 garbage locked hung stop stopped crashed corrupt frozen nothing damaged damage troubleshoot tshoot corrupted


Keywords          : kbdta 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb