@Kurt_Bremser is on the right path. However, rather than deleting the whole folder, you can delete just the Recovery.xml file (in C:\Users\<userid>\AppData\Roaming\SAS\EnterpriseGuide\7.1\ProjectRecovery\). It appears it got corrupted (with invalid XML) somehow. A new one will get generated the next time EG's Project Recovery runs.
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