I think it was 1.6 or 1.7 at the start, but I have been constantly editing it 
with updated versions of LyX up to 2.0.x

David

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> On 20 May 2014, at 19:37, "Richard Heck" <rgh...@lyx.org> wrote:
> 
>> On 05/20/2014 09:52 AM, David Nandi wrote:
>> Richard Heck <rgheck <at> comcast.net> writes:
>> 
>>>> On 04/23/2012 09:38 AM, John Enright wrote:
>>>> Since upgrading to 2.0.3, Many of my files will not open. I get an error
>> message
>>>> during the open operation saying:
>>>> 
>>>> C:\Users\myusername\AppData\Local\Temp\lyx_tmpdir.p10476
>>>> \Buffer_convertLyxFormat.hXXXX is not a readable LyX document.
>>>> 
>>>> The temp directory exits (as specified in the message); the temp file is
>>>> zero-bytes long.
>>>> 
>>>> - I'm running Win7 (x64). My MikTex is up to date. I've reinstalled LyX
>> several
>>>> times (including uninstalling it). No difference.
>>>> 
>> 
>>> Sounds like some sort of lyx2lyx conversion error. If you can run LyX
>>> from a terminal, you should get more error messages, though that won't
>>> solve the problem by itself. So, alternatively, try posting one of the
>>> problematic files here, or sending it to me privately, if you prefer,
>>> and we can try to figure it out.
>>> 
>>> Richard
>> 
>> I get the same problem after upgrading to LyX 2.0.7 (I'm not sure from which
>> version), when trying to open files that I had been using daily. I have
>> tried re-installing 2.0.7 as well as using version 1.6.10, but the same
>> error appears. What do you suggest, is there a way to access other LyX
>> versions?
> 
> What version of LyX were these files created in?
> 
> Richard
> 

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