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  1. Error Code 5: InDesign document is damaged and cannot be recovered

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    19 comments  ·  Adobe InDesign: Bugs » Crash/Freeze/Hang  ·  Admin →
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    CLOSED  ·  amaarora responded

    With the release of InDesign 2020(15.1.1), we have enhanced our recovery workflow which fixes multiple scenarios of document corruption.

    If your file is still not getting repaired in InDesign CC2020, can you please share the document with Grp-idfile@adobe.com.

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    Adobe InDesign Team

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    matthew018 commented  · 

    InDesign Automatic Recovery Feature

    InDesign automatic recovery feature mainly works in situations like if your InDesign shut down unexpectedly due to system errors, power outage or any other issue etc. with this feature you can retrieve these documents.

    About InDesign Automatic Document Recovery

    If you do any modification in the InDesign document, InDesign regularly performs a mini –save of the changes. These changes are getting stored in some temporary file inside the InDesign recovery folder.

    Adding changes to the document and then saving the document with File > Save option will deletes the temporary file every time. If all of a sudden InDesign gets shut down then InDesign attempts to use these temporary files to recover InDesign document’s unsaved changes.

    InDesign Recovery folder contents
    Every user account has separate InDesign recovery folder. If InDesign don’t locate the InDesign recovery folder at the beginning then it re-creates the folder.

    Default settings:
    It is a first temporary file that gets listed when you view the content of the InDesign recovery folder by name.

    dbt [random alphanumeric character]:
    It’s a temporary file with mini-saved information for every opened InDesign documents. The name of these temporary files begins with “dbt”

    ProtectiveShutdownLog:
    This log file is getting created if InDesign crashes due to an access violation. Well this log file is specifically for identifying a specific plug-in that may have generated the error.

    RecoveryData:
    This file is an index for all open InDesign document and crashed documents, including their full path names. List of open documents contains path not aliases, means InDesign is not able to recover files you move or rename after the crash.

    For more Information - filerepairtool.net/blog/fixes-for-corrupt-or-deleted-adobe-indesign-file-recovery

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