Unfortunately, the blue screens took care of the rebooting question-there have been innumerable reboots since this problem appeared.
I know that when a reboot has been forced while an OO file is open, during the boot up process OO gives the option to recover the file (but from that point on it is a Read-Only file and cannot be changed). Knowing that limitation, I gave up trying to recover under those circumstanced and just cancelled out of the offer. It was only after I had done that that the corrupted password problem appeared. I was hoping I might be able to force a recovery without being prompted to do so during boot up. Yes, it was an ODF file. Although numerous reboots have passed, I will still look at the temporary files to see if I find anything, on an off chance. Thank you very much for the tip. Bob On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 12:03 PM, Hagar Delest <hagar.del...@laposte.net>wrote: > Check the temporary folder of the system (see in OO menu > Tools>Options>OO>Paths). If there are folders like sgmlf.tmp with a file > having the same name inside, make a copy of that file, rename it in .ods > and cross your fingers. If you have not rebooted, you might have those > files still there. > > NB: I hope you were using ODF (.ods). If it was a .xls, I doubt there is > something to do. > > Good luck! > > Hagar > > Le 05/08/2013 21:33, Duffield a écrit : > > > I have very few password protected documents but have one Calc document >> which is very important to me that I protect with a very secure password. >> Fortunately, I periodically do a Save As of this document and retain many >> of the previous copies even though the contents have been superseded by >> the >> newest file. >> >> I use the same password for all copies of this file so I know what the >> correct password is. I have not changed this password in years. >> >> My problem is that the password for the newest copy of this Calc document >> seemingly has become corrupted and the correct password will no longer >> open >> it. >> >> This all seems to have come about as a result of some blue screens while >> the file was open, caused by a failed memory module. Once I removed the >> defective memory and got the computer working correctly again, I >> discovered >> I could no longer access my Calc document because my password no longer >> works. >> >> My question is, is there any file recovery I can run for this document >> which might restore the password to what it is supposed to be? I am using >> Open Office v3.4.1 on a Win XP Pro SP3 pc. >> >> I can abandon this corrupted file but it does contain the most current >> information which is not available in the most recent preceding file. It >> is not a traumatic event but will be a definite inconvenience if I have to >> abandon this corrupted file. >> >> Any suggestions offered will be appreciated, even if I end up failing in >> my >> effort. >> >> Thank you, >> >> Bob >> >> > ------------------------------**------------------------------**--------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > users-unsubscribe@openoffice.**apache.org<users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org> > For additional commands, e-mail: > users-help@openoffice.apache.**org<users-h...@openoffice.apache.org> > > -- Sent from my PC
