Larry, This link explains that a pdf file checker may not be possible, or at least not very accurate. http://labs.appligent.com/presentations/recognizing_malformed_pdf_f.pdf Ed -----Original Message----- From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Larry Southerland Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 3:30 PM To: the_bullhorn2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; thebullhornsbest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Puters_N_Such@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Does this program exist and, if not, this might be a great idea for one (IMHO) I have a very large collection of pdf files that I have collected over the years. I tried to open one of them and received an error message from Adobe Reader that the file was corrupt. Is there a program that will scan a directory try and produce a report of corrupted PDF files so that they can be deleted or rescanned, etc. If there is no such program, there should be. It would be wonderful if the program would also scan a variety of widely-used filetypes the same way (*.doc, *.docx, *.pdf, *.epub, *mobi, *.rar, *.cbz, *.cbr, etc.) so that would could clean out or replace one's "defective" files. It might also be a great feature if the program could try to repair defective files as well. Your thoughts, opinions, concerns, etc. Your friend, Larry --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk OR To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk OR To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------