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Your project file, manual.cpd is corrupt and cannot be opened.
Try deleting the file and reopening the XPJ.
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Thank you so much for posting this. Followed instructions to delete .cpd and .xpj file and my project is working now. (I'm using Robohelp 7). I also had uninstalled and reinstalled RoboHelp. One thing to mention and it might seem obvious to others but it wasn't to me. I had tried to open the .hhp file from Windows Explorer by associating it to RoboHelp. But that only opened it as a txt file. You have to open RoboHelp first, then open the .hhp file.
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"I had tried to open the .hhp file from Windows Explorer by associating it to RoboHelp. But that only opened it as a txt file. You have to open RoboHelp first, then open the .hhp file."
Would you mind clarifying for me what you mean. I want to rename my CPD. file and then open my project using the xpj file. In order to do that do I open robohelp and click on the open folder, find my project open it and then click on the xpj file ?
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This is actually what I did to fix the corrupted RH 7 project:
Uninstalled and reinstalled Robohelp.
Fixed by deleting cpd and xpj, then open rh, then open hhp
It wiped out the index and TOC in the UI. Rebuilt by creating new ones based on existing .hhc and .hhk files in project.
Wouldn't let me create new ssl layout, but let me choose one I already had (left the .ssl files in the directory but not in the UI).
Also blanked out the rhbuildtag.apj file. I copied the one from my backup project (which I usually do weekly)
Also wiped out the variables. Found them in the printed docs, then in RoboHelp click on the variables and they redisplay.
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Thanks for your response. I was able to just rename the CPD and open with the XPJ file thank goodness. If it had been any more complicated than that I think I would have melted.