how do i repair a .tmp file

[Guest]

Hi,
I was working with word, a file that only contains text. Then I went to File
-> Save and everything crashed.
Now the document is gone and instead I have a document called ~WRL0699.tmp
and it contains boxes, chinese symbols and numbers (1100111000 and so on) and
a little bit of the original text at the bottom.
What can I do to recover my document?

Thanks,
Ingi

 

[Guest]

click on file\open and in open dialog box first for file types choose ALL
Files(*.*) in order to see *.tmp file and then click on the arrow sign on
open button and click on open and repair.

 

[Guest]

Thanks Harvey
but I already tried that and did it again now and it doesn´t work..

 

[Guest]

If repair doesn't work and you don't have the original document or file with
the same name and WBK extension (back up file) I don't think there is a way
to repair the file.

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

That means that Word isn't recognizing the file as a Word file. You might be
able to salvage text from it, but repair isn't in the cards. To salvage
text, choose File - Open, and set Files of type: to Recover text from any
file. Then open the file.