Discussion:
Clip Organizer Corrupted
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Patricia G
2008-09-26 21:56:02 UTC
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I hope I am not posting twice. I apologize if I am.

I was in Clip Organizer and hit the Compact command by mistake. After
letting the command continue, instead of hitting Cancel, the process stopped
and told me my Clip Organizer was hopelessly corrupted. In the Clip
organizer directory, I now have an 11,627 KB file called badcat00.mgc. Am I
out of luck? Do I have to try and reconstruct the organizer from scratch?
Our IT department does not have a good backup of my computer - their tapes
are corrupted. Sigh
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Pat G
Mary Sauer
2008-09-27 09:41:44 UTC
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Rename the main catalog from MStore10.mgc to MStore10.old. The Organizer will
automatically create a new catalog the next time it is opened. You will lose any
custom keywords.

It is in a folder similar to this: (hidden)
C:\Documents and Settings\<<user>>\Application Data\Microsoft\Clip Organizer
or in Vista
C:\Users\<<user>>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Clip Organizer
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Mary Sauer
http://msauer.mvps.org/
Post by Patricia G
I hope I am not posting twice. I apologize if I am.
I was in Clip Organizer and hit the Compact command by mistake. After
letting the command continue, instead of hitting Cancel, the process stopped
and told me my Clip Organizer was hopelessly corrupted. In the Clip
organizer directory, I now have an 11,627 KB file called badcat00.mgc. Am I
out of luck? Do I have to try and reconstruct the organizer from scratch?
Our IT department does not have a good backup of my computer - their tapes
are corrupted. Sigh
--
Pat G
Patricia G
2008-09-29 13:33:00 UTC
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Thanks Does this also mean that all the clip art I have ever downloaded from
Microsoft is corrupted and I will have to download everything again?
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Pat G
Post by Mary Sauer
Rename the main catalog from MStore10.mgc to MStore10.old. The Organizer will
automatically create a new catalog the next time it is opened. You will lose any
custom keywords.
It is in a folder similar to this: (hidden)
C:\Documents and Settings\<<user>>\Application Data\Microsoft\Clip Organizer
or in Vista
C:\Users\<<user>>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Clip Organizer
--
Mary Sauer
http://msauer.mvps.org/
Post by Patricia G
I hope I am not posting twice. I apologize if I am.
I was in Clip Organizer and hit the Compact command by mistake. After
letting the command continue, instead of hitting Cancel, the process stopped
and told me my Clip Organizer was hopelessly corrupted. In the Clip
organizer directory, I now have an 11,627 KB file called badcat00.mgc. Am I
out of luck? Do I have to try and reconstruct the organizer from scratch?
Our IT department does not have a good backup of my computer - their tapes
are corrupted. Sigh
--
Pat G
Patricia G
2008-09-29 13:33:02 UTC
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Does this mean all the clip art I have ever downloaded is gone
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Pat G
Post by Mary Sauer
Rename the main catalog from MStore10.mgc to MStore10.old. The Organizer will
automatically create a new catalog the next time it is opened. You will lose any
custom keywords.
It is in a folder similar to this: (hidden)
C:\Documents and Settings\<<user>>\Application Data\Microsoft\Clip Organizer
or in Vista
C:\Users\<<user>>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Clip Organizer
--
Mary Sauer
http://msauer.mvps.org/
Post by Patricia G
I hope I am not posting twice. I apologize if I am.
I was in Clip Organizer and hit the Compact command by mistake. After
letting the command continue, instead of hitting Cancel, the process stopped
and told me my Clip Organizer was hopelessly corrupted. In the Clip
organizer directory, I now have an 11,627 KB file called badcat00.mgc. Am I
out of luck? Do I have to try and reconstruct the organizer from scratch?
Our IT department does not have a good backup of my computer - their tapes
are corrupted. Sigh
--
Pat G
Mary Sauer
2008-09-29 13:55:23 UTC
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No, all your clipart is okay, it just will have to be catalogued again. The
Organizer's clipart is automatically catalogued.
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Mary Sauer
http://msauer.mvps.org/
Post by Patricia G
Does this mean all the clip art I have ever downloaded is gone
--
Pat G
Post by Mary Sauer
Rename the main catalog from MStore10.mgc to MStore10.old. The Organizer will
automatically create a new catalog the next time it is opened. You will lose any
custom keywords.
It is in a folder similar to this: (hidden)
C:\Documents and Settings\<<user>>\Application Data\Microsoft\Clip Organizer
or in Vista
C:\Users\<<user>>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Clip Organizer
--
Mary Sauer
http://msauer.mvps.org/
Post by Patricia G
I hope I am not posting twice. I apologize if I am.
I was in Clip Organizer and hit the Compact command by mistake. After
letting the command continue, instead of hitting Cancel, the process stopped
and told me my Clip Organizer was hopelessly corrupted. In the Clip
organizer directory, I now have an 11,627 KB file called badcat00.mgc. Am I
out of luck? Do I have to try and reconstruct the organizer from scratch?
Our IT department does not have a good backup of my computer - their tapes
are corrupted. Sigh
--
Pat G
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