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Help! Receiving "File is not a resource file" message when trying to open my VI.

I have been working on this VI for a few days now and it seems to have been corrupted (for no apparent reason) just as I was adding the finishing touches.  I have seen in a related post that <CR><LF> delimiters can get converted by say a mail server, but I was not emailing the VI or trying to open with another program.  I am attaching the VI if anyone can help.  LabVIEW did auto save my project however the autosaved project still references the corrupt VI!?!  Can anyone please help?

 

 

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Yup, it's corrupted. All of the header information for the file seems to be gone. It unfortunately happens. You might want to run a disk check to make sure you've got no disk errors. Could also have been your anti-virus app - I've seen these do real weird things.

 

You've got a backup that doesn't rely on the auto-save right?

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The last thing I did was use the Current VI's Path as the path to open a configuration file using the Config File VI's.  I think this had something to do with it as I have seen at least one discussion where the same thing happened.  Have you ever heard of this?  I'm pretty sure LabVIEW corrupted the file (but possibly with my help).  I have a backup that's about a day old but was hoping the file could be fixed.

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Unfortunately we don't have any of the tools at our disposal to try and fix corrupted VIs. NI might have some, so you can try putting in a support request with them, though I'm not sure how far you'd really get.

 

Did you actually get a crash when you did what you were doing? What is the other discussion that you mentioned? What version of LabVIEW are you using?

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