I Came, I Saw, I Learned...: Adobe Captivate: Troubleshooting LMS Woes
Tips for troubleshooting Captivate with an LMS
Setting up Preferences in Adobe Captivate | Infosemantics Pty Ltd
Lots of troubleshooting tips here with explanations of how to use the preferences.
Recovering corrupt Adobe Captivate projects | CP Guru - Adobe Captivate Widgets
This process did work for me in Cp8, although the restored file still didn't seem to have any of my lost work even though the time stamp was right.
SCORM Watch
Tool for troubleshooting SCORM files that lets you actually analyze the errors. It's not cheap, but if you're spending lots of hours with trial and error guessing at what might fix a problem, it's probably worth it.