# Recovering a corrupt .fla file

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/recovering-a-corrupt-fla-file/260848>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 20, 2008, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/recovering-a-corrupt-fla-file/260848 "2008-05-20T14:11:20Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/recovering-a-corrupt-fla-file/260848/1 "2008-05-20T14:11:20Z")

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Hi All,

Somehow it seems that my .fla file has become corrupt and i can no longer open it, i have no idea how or why this has occured.

the error message im getting is:

An error occured opening a file ‘I:\ScratchAndWin\ScratchAndWin.fla’.

Then when i hit OK, i get another message that says:

The following Javascript error(s) occured:

Cannot find file file:///I|ScratchAndWin\ScratchAndWin.fla.

it then shoots me off to flashs main menu when u can load documents or create a new document.

Does anyone know if its possible to recover this file??

I desperatley need to recover this file can anyone offer me any advice on this whatsoever???

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks