Cannot open file, plug in error

Cannot open file error message in InDesign software. PLEASE HELP!!!! Does not support file format, a plug in that supports the file format may be missing. can anyone help with this please??

No, that message means exactly what it says. More than 90% of the time we see this the file turns out not to be an InDesign file at all, but something else with the wrong file extension. The other major cause is there is a lock file (.idlk) in the same folder where the file is stored (usually left over from a crash).
Can you open the file "As a Copy?"

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