Adobe InDesign Plug In issue

Hi,
I currently have Adobe InDesign CS5 and this afternoon, I recieved a Adobe InDesign file from a client on PeoplePerHour.com. I was told they have same CS5 version as I have... I tried opening it but kept getting error message of missing plug in on my PC.
SharedContent.InDesignPlugIn
I tried everything to open the file... no luck so far. Anyone can help?
Regards
James.

They lied. It's not a CS5 file. It's CS5.5 or later.

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