All files without .indd extension corrupted

Being a Mac user, I never bothered appending the .indd extension to my InDesign files, because I never needed to (or so I thought). However, after working on lots of projects and archiving them to DVD, it seems that any InDesign files without the .INDD extension are now corrupt!
If I try to open any them, I'm given the unhelpful "Cannot open the file xxx. Adobe InDesign may not support the file format, a plug-in that supports the file format may be missing, or the file may be open in another application" message.
The files were originally created in CS2 on Mac OS 10.4.x (I think), but now I am using CS4 on Mac OS 10.6.x. I have tried adding the .indd extension (which gives the file it's InDesign icon, rather than a generic blank document icon) and opening it on the original Mac, but to no avail.
I have loads of these file, which are all exactly the same! Can anybody help, please?

John-Lee Langford wrote:
Being a Mac user, I never bothered appending the .indd extension to my InDesign files, because I never needed to (or so I thought). However, after working on lots of projects and archiving them to DVD, it seems that any InDesign files without the .INDD extension are now corrupt!
If I try to open any them, I'm given the unhelpful "Cannot open the file xxx. Adobe InDesign may not support the file format, a plug-in that supports the file format may be missing, or the file may be open in another application" message.
The files were originally created in CS2 on Mac OS 10.4.x (I think), but now I am using CS4 on Mac OS 10.6.x. I have tried adding the .indd extension (which gives the file it's InDesign icon, rather than a generic blank document icon) and opening it on the original Mac, but to no avail.
I have loads of these file, which are all exactly the same! Can anybody help, please?
It's not clear if you're trying to open the files by double clicking on them in Finder, by Right/Option-click > Open, Right/Option-click > Open with, by dragging them to the InDesign icon in the Dock, dragging them into the open InDesign workspace, or by using File > Open.
Are you using the same user account, same installation as the files were created with, and opening the un-renamed files on the old machine's hard drive (not on a network server or CD/DVD) with File > Open, or are you using another method? Do you get different results with different methods ? Do you get the same message on both the CS2 and CS4 installations on their respective machines?
Have you tried all of these on original files, not the renamed ones? Same or different results with any or all?
Have you been successful in creating a new InDesign CS4 file and saving it, closing it, then opening it by one or more of the above-mentioned methods? Results?
HTH
Regards,
Peter
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