Can't copy docx files to desktop

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#1

I have several .docx files in my downloads, and I can open them there. When I copy them to my desktop, they’re corrupted and unusable. What’s going on?

Notes: I use TeraCopy to move files on my computer; I’ve never had trouble like this before.
I run Windows 10 Pro on an old Dell laptop.
I’m asking here because I use LO, not Word, so I thought other people may have run across this before.

#2

Corrupted or can’t open?
If it is just cannot open then you might need to add soffice.bin to the allowed list in your anti virus/anti ransomware program. See Defender Controlled folder access exception for LibreOffice - The Document Foundation Wiki

BTW Windows desktop is a bad place to store files. If you need to do a system restore the desktop might not necessarily be restored; the Documents folder is untouched during system restore

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#3

EarnestAI, I only use the desktop as a staging area; when I’m finished with the documents, they go into cloud storage.

Also, the documents were incapable of being opened—they were corrupted.

#4

Can you open the .docx OK from the downloads folder?

  • If you can, then
    • the copying process could be be the issue. I see that TerraCopy should skip any files where there is an error so maybe the copy process wasn’t complete (still in buffer?) when you tried opening the file.
    • the filename and path to desktop exceeds windows limit
  • If you can’t
    • then maybe the download was corrupted/incomplete. You could try unzipping a file to see if it has the right structure.
    • There is something in the file that LibreOffice cannot digest. In that case a sample file would be useful. A process that would end in a bug report.
#5

Or some security system prevents access - especially, as you don’t mention a dialogue asking for import options, wich is often shown for unknown files.
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Try something: Rename the file on the desktop, then move it back to the download folder. If it opens from there, the file was never corrupted.

This should not matter, but if in doubt you may lookup how to use Windows Explorer to compare results…

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