EXTREMELY URGENT HELP!

[ciervo42]

Hi, I've been using Audacity for a long time, and it haven't got me problems ever.

But recently, I was editing a file and everything went normal, I exported my file (as I always do), saved the .aup file and closed the program. But today I wanted to continue working, this appeared:

"Error: reference to invalid character number en la línea 10" (I work in spanish, but it obviusly mean line 10... I guess)

I've been reading other posts and they say I have to delete things like ℗.. and I actually found it in my file, deleted it and saved it (in a text editor, without changing the extension). But now, Audacity says it doesn't recognize the file, and that I have to import it as Raw Data, (or brute data, well it says in spanish: Datos en Bruto, I'm quite sure that's the translation).

I still have the original file, without deleting anything, WHAT SHOULD I DO? IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT FILE, IT MEANS MONTHS OF WORK AND I SIMPLY CAN'T LOSE IT!

Here's part of the code, where the damaged line is supposed to appear, it's the only one in the whole file:

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<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no" ?>
<!DOCTYPE project PUBLIC "-//audacityproject-1.3.0//DTD//EN" "http://audacityteam.org/xml/audacityproject-1.3.0.dtd" >
<project xmlns="http://audacityteam.org/xml/" projname="César Céspedes_data" version="1.3.0" audacityversion="1.3.12-beta" sel0="328.0062276262" sel1="352.3523500752" vpos="0" h="296.3675285160" zoom="22.8162647705" rate="44100">
	<tags>
		<tag name="id3v2" value="1"/>
		<tag name="GENRE" value="SFX - Words Phrases; Drunk"/>
		<tag name="ARTIST" value="Download Sound Effects - SoundDogs - Voice Box"/>
		<tag name="Copyright message" value="(c) 2010 Sounddogs.com, All Rights Reserved"/>
		<tag name="TRACKNUMBER" value="0"/>
		<tag name="TITLE" value="@sÌ&#x0003;d Effects - DRUNK, MALE, MUMBLING, SILLY, HICCUPS (HUMAN VOICE)"/>
		<tag name="YEAR" value="2002"/>
		<tag name="ALBUM" value="http://www.Sounddogs.com"/>
		<tag name="COMMENTS" value="Royalty Free Sound Effects - Sounddogs.com"/>
	</tags>
	<wavetrack name="ANGEL-NORM_72" channel="

[steve]

Create a new folder on your computer.
Copy the folder "César Céspedes_data" and the file "César Céspedes.aup" into the new folder.
Open the file "César Céspedes.aup" in a text editor and delete the line:

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      <tag name="TITLE" value="@sÌ&#x0003;d Effects - DRUNK, MALE, MUMBLING, SILLY, HICCUPS (HUMAN VOICE)"/>

Save the file.
Now try opening it.