Can't open files created in CS3 with CS4

When I try to open a file that was created in CS3 I get this message:
Cannot open the file "OpenEnrollSample.indd". Adobe InDesign may not suport the file format, a plug-in that supports the file format may be issing, or the file may be open in another application.
This goes for both the InDesign files and the PDF files created with them. Does anyone have any idea why this is happening? Thanks for any help.

My Acrobat that is part of CS4 won't open the PDFs created by the CS3 InDesign file.  However, I do have the plugin to open PDFs in InDesign and that doesn't work with these files either.
These are files I created so I know that they are InDesign files.
I am running OS 10.6.8 and using CS4.

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