# Error Message while opening the Automation Script

**URL:** <https://forums.toadworld.com/t/error-message-while-opening-the-automation-script/33507>\
**Category:** Toad Data Point & Toad Intelligence Central\
**Created:** [June 16, 2015, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/error-message-while-opening-the-automation-script/33507 "2015-06-16T13:52:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![mtareen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mtareen](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/mtareen)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/error-message-while-opening-the-automation-script/33507/1 "2015-06-16T13:52:45Z")

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Hi - I’ve been using TOAD DATA POINT 3.3 from past one year. Suddenly I started getting following error when I try to open the Automation Script file .TAS

**Invalid Element ‘SelectDataActivity.DatasetPublishingOptions’ found while deserializing an object of type ‘Quest.Toad.Workflow.Activities.Database.SelectDataActivity’.**

**Invalid data found while deserializing an object of type ‘Quest.Toad.Workflow.Activities.Database.SelectDataActivity’.**

Please suggest a solution. As I am unable to open it I can’t debug the script itself.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![IgorM](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/quest/user_avatar/forums.toadworld.com/igorm/32/116_2.png) [@IgorM](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/IgorM)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 2:13pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/error-message-while-opening-the-automation-script/33507/2 "2015-06-16T14:13:24Z")

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Most probably you’ve tried to open your TDP 3.3 script in later version of TDP and then tried to open it in 3.3 again. Is this the case? If yes - you should go the data directory of that later TDP and take unchanged 3.3 script from there. Data directory is here (Windows 7):

C:\Users\<your account name\>\AppData\Roaming\Quest Software\Toad Data Point

From there go to Automation\bak - here you should find your unchanged 3.3 script.

Igor.

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**Author:** ![mtareen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mtareen](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/mtareen)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 11:04am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/error-message-while-opening-the-automation-script/33507/3 "2015-06-17T11:04:19Z")

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Thank you so much. I had 3.6 installed alongside 3.3 and that was the cause. I was able to recover my script from the path you mentioned. Appreciate your help!