Skip to main content
X
Xenopus1-Visitor
1-Visitor
June 30, 2011
Solved

Help opening a Mathcad file from 2005?

  • June 30, 2011
  • 4 replies
  • 7775 views

I would really appreciate advice on opening the attached MCD file. It
contains vital data for our current research, and the collaborator who
originally created the files is no longer available to help.

I know that the file was created in 2005, but I don't know what version
of Mathcad was used. I tried opening the file in trial version of
Mathcad Prime 1.0, but that didn't work. Then I tried opening it in a
trial version of the older Mathcad 15, but that also didn't work; it
says "Failed to open document." Finally, I tried converting it with the
"XMCD, MCD Converter" but this does not work; I get "Unexpected error
encountered during conversion."

Best answer by RichardJ

I looked inside the file. This is not a Mathcad file, and does not even remotely resemble a Mathcad file. Sorry, but there is nothing in there to try and recover.

4 replies

F
FDS13-Aquamarine
13-Aquamarine
July 1, 2011

Ursula, I believe the file is corrupt as I cannot open it with MC15 nor MC11. Sorry.

V
VladimirN24-Ruby III
24-Ruby III
July 1, 2011

Hello!

This file I could not open in Mathcad 15. And I, too, an error occurred while converting the file to version Mathcad Prime 1.0.

M
MikeArmstrong1-Visitor
1-Visitor
July 1, 2011

Sorry no, I have tried using Stuart's recovery worksheet without success.

Mike

R
RichardJ19-TanzaniteAnswer
19-Tanzanite
July 1, 2011

I looked inside the file. This is not a Mathcad file, and does not even remotely resemble a Mathcad file. Sorry, but there is nothing in there to try and recover.

M
MikeArmstrong1-Visitor
1-Visitor
July 1, 2011

I looked inside the file. This is not a Mathcad file, and does not even remotely resemble a Mathcad file. Sorry, but there is nothing in there to try and recover.

How did you manage to look inside the file?

Mike

R
RichardJ19-Tanzanite
19-Tanzanite
July 1, 2011
How did you manage to look inside the file?

Just open it in notepad

Terms & ConditionsAccessibility statement