# File not found or invalid. help

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**Category:** SketchUp\
**Created:** [October 23, 2025, 8:36am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/file-not-found-or-invalid-help/341343 "2025-10-23T08:36:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![veronikaputri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/0ea827/32.png) [@veronikaputri](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/veronikaputri)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2025, 8:36am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/file-not-found-or-invalid-help/341343/1 "2025-10-23T08:36:25Z")

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Hello everyone, i need help, i have an issue, my file crashed and cant open (skp 2021), i’d try to open in skp 2023 and 2025 but still cant open. can somebody fix my file?  
here’s my file (gdrive) [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ckfQK-sWYp4XtbwhLlEOU4x6pWusHaAN/view](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ckfQK-sWYp4XtbwhLlEOU4x6pWusHaAN/view) or (wetransfer) [Unique Download Link | WeTransfer](https://we.tl/t-3hmk4GUV0i)  
thankyou!

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**Author:** ![ateliernab](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/ateliernab/32/198399_2.png) [@ateliernab](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/ateliernab)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2025, 8:46am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/file-not-found-or-invalid-help/341343/2 "2025-10-23T08:46:16Z")

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ok, it’s a 600mb file. without even opening it I can tell you, the bigger the file, the bigger the risk of corruption.

it won’t open in 26. I’m gonna assume you tried the skb file as well ? rename it to .skp and see if it opens ?

I’m checking the code of the file you provided and…  
it’s not empty. I don’t see major areas filled with 0s. maybe @colin can recover some elements later today… but don’t count on it. don’t wait and start working on whatever previous version you had.

also, purge. go to window / model infos / statistics and purge. every day you purge. a 600mb file has stuff to purge. it’ll reduce the size and therefore, the risk of corruption.

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**Author:** ![veronikaputri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/0ea827/32.png) [@veronikaputri](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/veronikaputri)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2025, 8:52am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/file-not-found-or-invalid-help/341343/3 "2025-10-23T08:52:14Z")

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hi ateliernab thankyou for your help, i’d try to open in skp and skb format but both still cannot open

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/f/2/f2a121500b085ed60806607a82720b092d800bb3.png) [@system](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 8:36am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/file-not-found-or-invalid-help/341343/4 "2026-04-21T08:36:47Z")

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Closed on April 21, 2026, 8:36am UTC

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