JabRef 3.2 corrupts .bib files so they no longer work with LaTeX

[CarinaDSLR]

JabRef version 3.2 on Windows 7

Sorry If I'm doing this wrong, but thought this would be worth reporting.

I recently reset my laptop and installed the newest version of JabRef (3.2). I'm using it to manage my references for citing in LaTeX documents.
Long story short I installed the new JabRef and it started messing up my citations in LateX.
These are some of the error and warning messages I got in LaTeX (editor TeXnicCenter). I checked entires that it couldn't find but found no errors.

Also, although I associated my .bib files with JabRef, the symbol of these files never changed into the usual JabRef one.

What fixed it:
I uninstalled JabRef 3.2, installed version 2.1 and suddenly everything worked fine again, but JabRef 3.2 seems to have somehow corrupted the .bib files I opened with it as version 2.1 can't open them now (I have backups so no harm done).

Jabref 2.1 gives me the following error when I try to open a "corrupted" .bib file:

Hope this helps. :/
I've used JabRef as my main reference manager for ages because it's the best no-messing-around ref manager and wouldn't mind updating to the newest edition.

[matthiasgeiger]

Thanks for your report!

This should not happen - however, the excerpt shown in the first screenshot is correct and should not cause any trouble.

Can you please try the most recent version 3.3.
If the problem persists with this version it would be great if you can upload the corrupt bib file here - or send it me privately for further investigation.

Thanks!

[stefan-kolb]

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