5 days ago · If you change the tmp file's extension to doc, docx or docm, depending on the type of document it was based on, you may be able to open it. However, some tmp files are 0 bytes long, and don't have any content; others have no meaningful content.

Feb 5, 2017 · Change the file type to "All files (*.*)" Find the TMP file; double click on it; At step 5 you can also try changing the "Open" drop down to "Open and Repair" then select the TMP file. The TMP file you select has to be more than 1KB, it should be approximately the right size. Unfortunately auto bacup in Word is extremely primitive.

Aug 23, 2023 · - Recovered a bunch of "MyFileXXXX.psb" files and a bunch of "psXXX.tmp" files that were along with them, for a period of few days back . I can't seem to open any of the recovered files, "file type incorrect" either psb, or .tmp turned into psd or psb. I've tried to pass bunch of the into psd file repair software, none of them work.

5 days ago · Any temporary files will be listed with the .tmp extension. Where Acrobat's .tmp files are stored. Note, however, that the AutoSave folder is erased when you close the file. So when you do crash in the future, don't relaunch Acrobat just yet: wait, look for the .tmp file in the AutoSave folder, and copy it to a safe place on your computer. Then ...

Jul 10, 2013 · (same story - excel crashed - file vanished - .tmp file in it's place.) I did the following; Open Excel. Open file. Browse to .tmp file location. Change the file type to open to "All files" in stead of the default "All Excel files" Open the .tmp file in Excel. In my case, that opened an earlier version of the document, with minimal loss of data.

Jun 20, 2023 · As I wrote earlier, you can easily open the TMP file yourself by using Notepad -- but there is very little chance that you will find anything useful there. The easiest way to do this is to start Notepad (click Start, type Notepad in the Search box, and press Enter) and then drag and drop the TMP file into the Notepad window.

Oct 7, 2019 · The Autosave feature guards against losing your work in case of a power failure by incrementally, and at regular intervals, saving file changes to a specified location. The original file is not modified. Instead, Acrobat creates an autosave file of changes, which includes all the changes you made to the open file since the last automatic save.

May 20, 2024 · Try changing the file extension to .pdf and then open it. If it still doesn't open view it in a plain-text editor (like Notepad). The first couple of lines usually provide an indication as to the file type.

Jan 30, 2025 · "Thank you! This worked for me. I just opened the tmp file straight into Illustrator and it worked!" This solution worked for me as well, Illustrator opened the tmp files with no problem! My case was: I had lost some versions of my Illustrator work file, probably because of synchronising problems of Google Drive, on MacOS Ventura 13.2.1.

Dec 18, 2011 · If a file that matches the search criteria is found, right-click the file, and then click Rename. You can give the file any name that you want, but you must give it a ".ppt" or “.pptx” extension. Double-click the file that you renamed to open it in PowerPoint.