Can’t Open INDD Files: Adobe InDesign Forum posts
On the active Adobe InDesign Forum for Windows users, there was a very informative post titled, “Can’t open INDD files from Bridge or Windows Explorer.” This is similar to our report on when someone says they can’t open INDD files on the Macintosh side, but a different sort of nasty little file association issue. User henweg reports:
Now, neither Bridge nor Windows Explorer recognizes InDesign files. I can still launch the program from the Start menu and Desktop shortcut, and I can open files from within the program. But Bridge says the default for opening an INDD file is Acrobat…or Photoshop, Firefox or IE. Windows says the same. The INDD icon is no longer displayed in Windows Explorer either. It seems to have vanished from my system. I have tried to re-associate InDesign files with the program through Windows Explorer numerous times to no avail. Operating System: Windows XP Professional on a Dell GX270.
Is the only solution here to uninstall & reinstall InDesign? Any comments or suggestions are appreciated.
Source: http://forums.adobe.com/message/2283103
A few others also reported that they can’t open INDD files and had failed attempts to fix it. Until just recently we see this post, with a solution to the association problem they had and perhaps you are facing today. User dragonflynz answers:
I just fixed my problem, which was indeed a registry issue: for some reason the registry file was for CS3, which is not on my PC so would not open. I downloaded CCleaner (reputable and safe) went into the registry section and ran a search, navigated to the correct issue and voila! Works perfect.
http://download.cnet.com/ccleaner/?cdlPid=11015563
I recommend backing up all files before you run this program *just in case*.
Cheers.
Source: Adobe Forums InDesign Discussions
Yes, cheers indeed. Hope this helps when CS4 registry shows up as CS3. If you still can’t open INDD files, or need to recover damaged InDesign files, Markzware may be able to fix it for you. See more details here:
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