FileFixer -- I keep running FileFixer on my file and the same errors keep showing up in the report. Why is nothing getting fixed?

FileFixer -- I keep running FileFixer on my file and the same errors keep showing up in the report. Why is nothing getting fixed?

There are two ways that FileFixer can be run in “Automatic Design File Repair” mode:

1. You can have FileFixer work on the file directly and create a backup of the original file.

2. You can have FileFixer work on a copy of the file and leave the original file untouched.

FileFixer defaults to the latter. So you're really processing the same file repeatedly instead of processing a series of files that are progressively becoming error free. Look in the directory of the file that you were repairing for a file with a .fix extension. This is the file that FileFixer has repaired.

If you would like to change FileFixer so it creates a backup file and works on the original:

1. Open FileFixer

2. Click on Settings | Change Settings… | General… and click on the long button that says “Work on copy (.fix) of original file. Leave original untouched.”

3. Change it to “Work on original file. Create backup. (.bkp)”.

4. Then, in the “Backup file extension:” field, enter: “bk?”.

These settings changes will allow you to work on the original file and create successive backups each time you process your file with FileFixer.