HELP! Can't open project created in MS Project 2013....

For the last 3 weeks I've been working on a project plan. Created in MS Project 2013. All of a sudden, today I'm not able to open it. Not in 2013, 2010, or 2007. The message is the same each time: "Project cannot recognize
this file format. Do you want to open this file as text only?" I don't understand why I would close the project and everything was fine, then I reopen it and I get that error.
I've tried converting it to text but nothing happens. Nothing appears. I looked to see when I could restore from and it's two weeks ago. That is not going to help. I'm under a deadline and can't recreate two weeks of work in 8 hours.
I've sent the file through two different file fix programs for MS Project and both came back as "file cannot be fixed".
Any ideas?? I'm desperate. Thanks!

naw002 --
If you tried two different programs to fix the corrupted project file, and neither of them worked, it sounds like this project is severely corrupted. I would recommend you try the first two methods that Phani recommends, but if you cannot open it,
you cannot save it to XML. Beyond this, your only option would be to revert back to the copy from two weeks ago and try to update it.
I know this experience has been painful for you, and I am truly sorry for that, but my advice for the future would be to save your projects in a network folder that is backed up on a nightly basis. If that were possible and you had done that, you could
have reverted back to a more recent version of the project.
Hope this extra helps.
Dale A. Howard [MVP]

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