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    jmcternan
    Posts: 40
    Registered: ‎09-29-2011

    Error: Cannot open the file

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    12-20-2012 12:45 PM

    I am trying to open a cfdst file that I previously had no problems with.  I now get the following error message.

     

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    Registered: ‎10-02-2012

    Re: Error: Cannot open the file

    12-21-2012 04:24 AM in reply to: jmcternan

    Faced t he same problem and I realised that this happens when you are trying to open a cfdst file that is already open!

    Try closing all the SmCFD windows and restart  the windows. Perhaps it may solve this.

     

    Cheers

    OJ

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    jmcternan
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    Registered: ‎09-29-2011

    Re: Error: Cannot open the file

    12-21-2012 06:16 AM in reply to: OmkarJ

    Thanks.  I didn't have any other instances open; maybe has something to do with the cloud.  I did stop the job and then cancel the instance on the cloud.  I had another job that ran fine and when I tried to open the file again after a few weeks I got this error.  I really need to be able to open these jobs.

     

     

     

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    mark_youmans
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    Registered: ‎09-07-2011

    Re: Error: Cannot open the file

    03-07-2013 03:46 PM in reply to: jmcternan

    Did you ever resolve this? I am all of a sudden getting the same error now on one of my projects.

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    jmcternan
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    Registered: ‎09-29-2011

    Re: Error: Cannot open the file

    03-08-2013 05:20 AM in reply to: mark_youmans

    Yes I think I have.  I think it happens when an instance is already open.  Occasionally all icons and any evidence of the running program will vanish, but it will be running in the background.  Maybe a problem with multiple monitors.  Check task manger to see if it is running an instance that you did not know about.

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    mark_youmans
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    Registered: ‎09-07-2011

    Re: Error: Cannot open the file

    03-08-2013 11:51 AM in reply to: jmcternan

    Unfortunately I don't think this is the case. I have rebooted my PC a few times and no luck. I've run other simulations just fine, solving them and opening and closing them with no issues. I even tried copying the one that doesn't open to a thumb drive, then opening on a differnet computer, and no luck. It seems something perhaps got corrupted in the file. I can open the support file just fine also.

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