Lost Tax Record's

[desgnr]

I have a folder with about 20 years of tax record's & half of them show a Zipper ( Compressed Files )
When i try to open a PDF or Word file i get the attached message.
Also some are .OFM
How could this have happened to these files & how can i repair them ?

[Welshjim]

desgnr--
How did you compress the document? Use that program to decompress. Windows comes with a compression app. Right click|Send To should show a decompress option.

If you were able to open the document recently, try a System Restore.

[Midknyte]

Are those zip files? If so, use an app like 7-zip to open them first.

http://www.7-zip.org/

[desgnr]

Are those zip files? If so, use an app like 7-zip to open them first.

http://www.7-zip.org/

I don't remember ever compressing them how did that happen

[Train]

Part of the program did that for you.
Possibly LibreOffice will easily open them. as that ,odf is the default format.

But first read the Software part of this.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument

[Midknyte]

I don't remember ever compressing them how did that happen

What program did you use for the tax records? I googled .ofm and it says Nuance Omniform. Maybe the program compressed them automatically.

Do you have a backup of the files?

[desgnr]

Yes I have a back up and that also is compressed I have other years of records that are not compressed

[desgnr]

Thanks All:
I installed Omniform & they all open.
Now how can i Password Protect the Folder that they are all in ?

[HAN]

7-Zip has a good encryption routine built into it.
http://www.northeastern.edu/securenu...s-and-folders/

[HAN]

Forgot to mention with 7-Zip's encryption, the file names can be encrypted/obfuscated if you use the .7z file extension instead of .zip. If you don't need that, the .zip extension works fine.