.AI files opening as Text Imports in Illustrator

I created two pieces of work last night, 2/4/15, using Adobe Illustrator and once completed I saved the files and haven't moved them from their original destination. I attempted to open the files today, 2/5/15, and have a pop up saying that it is opening the files as a text document and upon proceeding am met with a blank new document in the size of the file I had saved. A majority of previous files open with no problem and all have the same .ai extension and show the preview. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I'm not sure what caused this issue and I haven't run into in previously. Thank you.
I have attached photos of the screen that appears upon opening the .ai files in illustrator.

I apologize but I'm not sure what a networked volume is. With that being
said I'm pretty sure that I didn't save them to a networked volume. I
created a new file, edited the file, saved the file onto my hard drive
along with many other ai files then closed the program. Upon reopening the
program and attempting to open file, open recent file, and creating a new
document then placing my ai file with no resolution.
On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 3:02 PM, Monika Gause <[email protected]>

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I have attached photos of the screen that appears upon opening the .ai files in illustrator.

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