Microsoft KB Archive/224051

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

Article ID: 224051

Article Last Modified on 12/2/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q224051



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://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8FBEE1D3-C5BB-4A36-A2F7-DC63DE2A818C

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



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.

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

Keywords: kbprb KB224051

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