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I have a problem opening a PRF file that was e-mailed to me, what is wrong?

April 26, 2017e-mailed file opening problem wrong

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I have a problem opening a PRF file that was e-mailed to me, what is wrong?

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If you create a PRF file without compression, then many e-mail servers will interpret the file as text and insert characters which corrupt the file. Essentially the PRF does a self-check (CRC) and if it is corrupted, it will not load. Always use compression when you are e-mailing PRF files.