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Error meassage when reading file
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 5:23 am
by thomas84
Hi guys,
I receive this error message when I try to open my Eviews file: "File does not meet .WF1 workfile specification. See also screenshot in attached document. Any suggestions? I had done some work in this file and would like to recover it.
Thanks,
Thomas
Re: Error meassage when reading file
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 6:49 am
by startz
Either it's not an EViews file or the file has been corrupted. In the latter case, if you have a backup file with the extension "~.f1" make a copy, change the extension to "wf1" and try loading that.
Re: Error meassage when reading file
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 4:44 am
by thomas84
Thank you. How would I change the extension to wf1? I do have a "~.fi" file byt when I try to open it wiht Eviews7 it open it in a different program (virtualization client, some art design program) which is very strange. Therefore, I cannot change the extension using the "save as" function like I would normally do.
Re: Error meassage when reading file
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 6:06 am
by startz
Just change in the file name in Windows.
Re: Error meassage when reading file
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 6:38 am
by thomas84
Ok, I have done this. However, the error meassage remains to be the same. Any other ideas to restore the file? Thank you.
Re: Error meassage when reading file
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 6:43 am
by startz
My guess is you're out of luck.