Cp4 - project (.cp) files no longer open

Hello folks,
Since upgrading to Windows 7 64bit, I can no longer rely on the integrity of Cp4's project files. Again, I have another three .cp files that will no longer open in Captivate 4. When I attempt to open them, absolutely nothing happens... that means no error message, nothing...
But I know the files are not actually 'bad' because they will all open successfully in Captivate 5.5 beta. Unfortunately, neither 5.0 nor 5.5 offer backwards compatibility in Export or Save As.
I have also tried opening the .bak file (renamed) and previous backups. It seems to have become corrupted during the last major change.
I have encountered this problem far too many times. Perhaps it is time to finally upgrade to Cp 5?
Has anyone else encountered similar difficulties?

You could try creating a new Captivate 4 file (Keep the same dimensions)
Then try importing the slides, File / Import / Slides/Objects and select the 'corrupt' file and see if the slides are appearing there to import . I've had issues in the past and this normally gets round it.
If all else fails feel free to send a copy up to yousendit.com (or another similar site) and PM me the link, i'll take a look at it for you
On my laptop I cant open a particular Captivate 4 file (Think memory issues) yet it opens fine on my desktop PC. The file 'opens' but theres no slides or anything, the toolbar says the name of the Captivate 4 file but theres no slides.
Cheers
Paul

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