topic Successful projection produces unreadable file with &quot;k&quot; prefix in Coordinate Reference Systems Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/coordinate-reference-systems-questions/successful-projection-produces-unreadable-file/m-p/771149#M243 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I added a table from an Excel spreadsheet, exported it as a shapefile, and wanted to change the coordinate system from WGS84 to NAD83. I ran the Project tool and it successfully executed. The output file has a "k" prefix, a "?" file type, and can't be opened. I don't understand the problem or how to fix it.</P><P>BTW, a bunch of previously created and usable shapefiles also suddenly acquired the k prefix and unknown file type.</P><P>Thanks,</P><P>Dan</P><P><IMG __jive_id="460975" class="image-1 jive-image" height="876" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/460975_pastedImage_1.png" width="426" /></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 03 Oct 2019 01:43:51 GMT DanGruber 2019-10-03T01:43:51Z Successful projection produces unreadable file with "k" prefix https://community.esri.com/t5/coordinate-reference-systems-questions/successful-projection-produces-unreadable-file/m-p/771149#M243 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I added a table from an Excel spreadsheet, exported it as a shapefile, and wanted to change the coordinate system from WGS84 to NAD83. I ran the Project tool and it successfully executed. The output file has a "k" prefix, a "?" file type, and can't be opened. I don't understand the problem or how to fix it.</P><P>BTW, a bunch of previously created and usable shapefiles also suddenly acquired the k prefix and unknown file type.</P><P>Thanks,</P><P>Dan</P><P><IMG __jive_id="460975" class="image-1 jive-image" height="876" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/460975_pastedImage_1.png" width="426" /></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 03 Oct 2019 01:43:51 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/coordinate-reference-systems-questions/successful-projection-produces-unreadable-file/m-p/771149#M243 DanGruber 2019-10-03T01:43:51Z