Error message: "Word found unreadable content in FILENAME. Do you want to recover the contents of this document? If you trust the source of this document, click Yes."

After I click Yes, another error message: "Word experienced an error trying to open the file."

I have tried text only recovery method, have tried windows+R to open the file without add ins, and have tried a couple of free "word recovery" softwares. Nothing works. The text recovery returns 65 pages of commands (?) like the following:

t_Hosts
get_TraceSettings
set_TraceSettings
get_SinkType
set_SinkType
get_ClientTraceLevel
set_ClientTraceLevel

I get the same message when I try the windows+R winword method, and the softwares just give me nothing back.

Please help!