InDesign File Won't Open

I have an InDesign CS5.5 file that I was working on without issue last night and today when attempting to open the file it causes InDesign to crash. So I can't navigate, or save down/idml etc. It also does the same thing on four other machines. Sort of at a loss as I don't want to recreate the last two days of work. Any ideas or suggestions on how I can open the file at least enough to export it to an idml or something like that?
I've searched previous posts and can't seem to find one that addresses any possible solutions when you can't get the file to physically open. Maybe I'm just up the creek.
Thanks

I did fool around with that, but the script keeps producing errors ... but i'm not sure i'm putting things in the right spot ... do i save it with the file name in /.indd? like such?
// blindOpen_and_IDML-Export.jsx
var _file = File.openDialog("InDesign-Datei"); // Selection of a file
if(_file != null)
var d = app.open(_file, false); // Open the file without showing it
d.exportFile(ExportFormat.INDESIGN_MARKUP, File(_file.fullName.replace(/C:\Users\100136858\Documents\Basketball\2014-15\Notes\120614 _NorthDakota\120614_NorthDakotaNotes.indd$/i,'.idml'))); // Export im IDML-Format
d.close(SaveOptions.NO); // Close without saving

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