A single user-created toolbox is not opening

Question

Hello,

One of my toolboxes shows no scripts or tools in the toolbox when I click its adjacent plus sign, however when I open the toolbox file up with notepad, all of the content is still inside the " .tbx " file. When I right click this toolbox and go to "properties", nothing happens, and when I select "item description," it says in the following window, "The item's XML contains errors." All of my other toolboxes are working just fine. Might there be a way to do CPR on a toolbox by editing it somehow with notepad or perhaps another tool or update? Why might ArcMap have chosen this toolbox to not open? I have spend tens of hours working on the tools inside this toolbox, so I am still very determined to making it work again.

Here are somethings I have already tried:

* coping and pasting the content out of the " .tbx " file into another new toolbox file
* creating a new windows user
* updating ArcMap
* renaming the toolbox (ArcMap does not allow this)
* deleting the toolbox (ArcMap says "Failed to delete selected objects")

ArcGis 10.1 SP 1

Thanks in advance,

Adam

VogtBoat · Answer

Unfortunately, these were not the solutions to the problem. The only thing it could be is that the names of my tools were too long. I learned my lesson.

Thanks Dan

DanPatterson_Retired · Answer

not much to go on...but in desperation...see

ArcGIS Geoprocessing Tools Scripting Error | GISNuts.com‌   and the sublink

GIS Geek: ArcGIS 10: Script Error After Clicking on Description Tab

and  A fix for ‘script errors’ when running tools in ArcToolbox | Geographic Information Science information and support‌

and In ArcGIS for Desktop, how do I correct a fatal error resultingin automatic shutdown?‌

for now

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