resonator: have u checked the extensions on ur files: .doc may have become docx and xls may have become xlsx etc...
+ ur template.doc and xls may have been replaced by dotm and XLSM enough to not let u read teh xls files anymore.
check into that IMO....
I don;t think u lost it all.
send me some fiels os i can try to recover them if u like:
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