Project File Size is huge!

I was working with about 25 MS Project files with different sizes. I am not 
sure what happened but I moved some tasks around between the different files 
and all of a sudden most of these files have increased significantly in size. 
Probably, my files became corrupted?
help is always appreciated

Hi,
How many task do you have in your file? Try to save as (if you can) the file under another name, it could reduce the size.
Are you at least able to open it in MS Project before it crashes? In case you are, try the XML export as per this article.
There is also a tool called Project Repair Kit that I've never tried but it seems to worked quite well.
Demo:- http://www.project.repair/
Finally, you could visit: 
http://www.filerepairforum.com/forum/microsoft/microsoft-aa/project/105-%E2%80%8Bms-project-cannot-save-file-cannot-be-opened
(replace caps) so I could try on my side.
Hope this helps,

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