EFS Format Comes up Jibberish

[Skippy]

Can anybody help me? -- when I opened my EFS today, instead of the ordinary programming format, it came up very wierd -- example of first few lines:

<AdvancedCharting>
<Version>3</Version>
<SecondarySymbols>
</SecondarySymbols>
<PriceType>Price</PriceType>
<GmtOffset>16</GmtOffset>
<ScrolledFG>16711680</ScrolledFG>
<ScrolledBG>16777164</ScrolledBG>
<BG>0</BG>
<CursorWindowTextColor>128</CursorWindowTextColor>
<SnapshotWindowFG>16777215</SnapshotWindowFG>
<SnapshotWindowBG>16711680</SnapshotWindowBG>
<GridColor>12632256</GridColor>
<CrossHairColor>255</CrossHairColor>
<TextColor>16776960</TextColor>
<TimeTemplate>The Defaults</TimeTemplate>
<TimeTemplateTable>

How do I convert this back to the readable coding language. I saved last night as usual, but today -- the above ! Help ! ! ! ?

[gspiker]

Skippy,

That looks like a format of a .ach file. Are you sure you are opening the correct file? Or maybe you saved your .ach over your efs somehow?

If you don't think either is correct, you might try running a disk consistency check and a virus scan...

Garth

[Skippy]

EFS Unreadable

Looks like you are probably right. Recently renamed the EFS, ACH and LAY all with the same names. Thought I would be able to track them better this way. WRONG! Thank goodness I happened to back up the full set just 3 days ago. Not much reinventing needed. Thanks, Tom