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Just curious if anyone has run into a problem where their indd files become curupt as well as any linked files to that document...
I have many files that have become curupt over the past week, all say that the file type isn't correct and can't be open... All say that they were last modified on the same day at around the same time, always around 10 am...
Can someone please help me?! I have thousands of dollars of client ads in those files that would be irreplaceable.
Thanks in Advance...

Before you begin, you should probably back up you data.
The first thing I would try, is to reset the file association in Explorer. Tools > Folder options > File types and scroll down to.indd. If it isn't in the list, add it.
Select it from the list nad click the advanced button, and from the action list choose open, then click edit.
If InDesign is NOT listed in field for Application Used to Perform This Action, clcik the browse button and find InDesign.exe. The full path should be listed in quotes. If not there after the path to indesign, also type in theis field a space followed by "%1" (include the quotes).
Say OK, apply, etc.
If that doesn't do it, the next step is to replace your preferences. IMMEDIATEY after clicking the icon to launch ID, hold down Ctrl + Alt + Shift (you have to be very fast) and say yes to the confirmation dialog. If you don't see it, you need to try again, and be faster. This method will remove all customizations from ID, so if you have a lot of presets and such, you might want to do the repalcement manually, and save these things to external files first. See the comments in Adobe InDesign CS4 * Setting preferences. This is for CS4, but the method is essentially the same for CS2. The files you need to rename are the same, but are both located inthe Application Data/InDesign/Version 4.0 folder instead of being split up.
If it still doesn't work, it's time to haul out the disks. You can try a repair from the installer, but most likely you'll need to uninstall and reinstall from scratch.

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