Hi,
I had a Revit file open on my computer and there was a power outage (I had been saving as I went), however now when I go to reopen Revit and open the file it displays a message 'Revit failed to open document'.
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@Anonymous hello, just to check with you, your files stored in your local drive or network server? you can try this before you open your file tick audit and see if this helps. thanks
@Anonymous hello, The worse scenario you can do is to uninstall and reinstall again and install the latest updates and service packs from Autodesk. It could be the Revit program is corrupted. Thanks
Hi,
Thank you for taking your time to write this in the forum,
There are various reasons for file corruption, it's a general thing with all kinds of files. However, there are some areas that are more common than others, such as:
As to you specific file, if you want I would be more than happy to go through the file and correct whatever might cause conflict.
I will just need you to confirm and I'll send you a link to a folder where you can upload your file.
In any case let me know how you would like to proceed,
Thanks again, have a great week,

Hi Jacob,
I am having a similar issue. Were you able to resolve and restore the file?
Thanks,
Chris.
Hi Chris,
I am not sure we ever got the file but you are more than welcome to send me a link, either by direct messaging or in the forum thread,
Then I will make sure to have a look at it,
Best Regards,

Hi Jacob, I am having the same issue do I upload my file here or do I need a link?? This is a work project and I'm stressing out! also I've made a dumb mistake by deleting backup files. do you know where they go? I could'nt find them in the recycle bin and dont if they just delete out of trace or go somewhere. thank you
-Miguel
Hi,
Let me have a look,

Sorry for the delay Miquel,
As you mentioned you have gotten your backups deleted, I wanted to do what I could to try and get it restored.
However, it is beyond repair and I suspect it has had a failed write process because I cannot see any file structure in a doc viewer either.
If you want me to investigate a little further I would be more than happy to have a look at the last journal files you have from when it was working,
You can find it through this path:
C:\Users\"USER"\AppData\Local\Autodesk\Revit
Best Regards,

Hi Jacob,
My file is also saying Failed to open. I have a huge project on my flash drive.
I tried the Audit option, that was not successful.
What should my next steps be?
Hi Jacob,
I had the same problem "Failed to open document", can you please try to save my file??
Hi,
Thank you both for taking your time to post on the forum,
@Anonymous I would strongly recommend you stop using a flash drive to store you project, as it's very likely the cause for the corruption.
This kind of errors are associated with physical data missing in the file, which means the file hasn't been written properly.
Everyone receiving this error should make themselves familiar to this article:
It also has a pretty good list of things to try and avoid, USB flash drives among others.
You will both need to restore from one of you backup copies, but do let me know if you need me to clarify any of the above,
Thanks again,

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