[SOLVED] Unespected File Format: Broken FLA

So i was working on a bug fix for Days Of Blood and then i hitted save like i normally do when i do a change… flash took more tan usual to save and then the computer freezed and restarted itself!!

After i turned back on and tried to open the file i got: “Unespected file format”… i went nuts, freaked out!
Googled arround the solutions…I tried the solution of converting it to a RAR file and trying to fix it… didn’t worked… nothing worked…

And then, i went to this path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{YOUR_USER}\Local Configuration\Application Data\Adobe\Flash CS5\en_US\Configuration

There i found a file called: TMP2n2naavfjn.fla, that was my last opened file, the one before the save was done. I copied it to another folder, renamed it, and place it back were the old broken fla was, opened it, and everything worked perfectly, compiled the swf without any problem.

I found 2 files, but i located the broken one because i recognized the size in bytes.

What did i learned: never, NEVER, work with only ONE copy of a fla for your proyect… ALWAYS backup your FLA files.
Saving is not enough…

I was lucky this time. This will never happen to me again.

I even started to think about using the new XML format that CS5 brings?

Anyway, i hope this helps someone arround the web.

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Days Of Blood Featured on Newgrounds!

Days Of Blood got featured (you can see the game in the “featured games” section of the site!) in the Newgrounds page (19 sep 2012)

 

Days Of Blood

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