Depending on circumstance, computer data can become corrupt, if you system suffers a power failure or severe crash you may be presented with the following message when trying to open the system

The file mainmenu is damaged and cannot be opened, please use the recover command.

This is NOT a common occurrence, however under these circumstances we ask you first attempt the following.

 
1. Make note of the damaged filename (mainmenu.fp7)
2. Click 'Start'
3. Double Click 'My Computer'
4. Double Click 'Local Disk C:'
5. Double Click 'Garage Assistant Server'
6. Locate and double click 'Filemaker Pro'
7. Once Filemaker pro has loaded, Click 'File'
8. Choose 'Recover'
 
9. An open damaged file window will appear. You must now browse to the program folder and select the damaged file for example :

click > My Computer (to the left in the Open Damaged File Dialogue)

double click > Local Disk (C)
double click > Garage Assistant V2

 
10. Then locate the filename mainmenu or mainmenu.fp7 and click open.
You will then be asked to provide the name to save the new file such as mainmenu_Recovered.fp7
 
11. Leave this as it is and choose Save.
12. Wait a few minutes until the recovery is complete.
 
13. Go Back to the Garage Assistant Server Folder (steps 1 to 5)
 
14. Locate mainmenu.fp7 or mainmenu
14a. Right click mainmenu.fp7 and choose rename
14b. Rename to broken_mainmenu.fp7 or similar

15. Locate mainmenu_Recovered.fp7 or mainmenu_Recovered
15a. Right click mainmenu_Recovered.fp7 and choose rename
15b. Rename to just mainmenu.fp7 (or just mainmenu if you could not see the .fp7 originally)

Recover is now complete.