Cannot open the file "**.indd".  Undefined error.

I've started getting this error in CS3 (Windows XP SP2) since installing CS4 and CS5.  It only happens on files I'm opening from my NAS which I've never had a single problem with before.  I get this error in CS3 (which is still my default for opening files) even on files which I have never even opened in a later version of Indesign, let alone saved from it.  CS5 files open in CS5, as do CS3 files, but CS3 doesn't work anymore.
I've tried deleting preferences, hasn't worked.  If I copy the file to my local drive it opens fine, but a funny thing happening though is that the lock file appears very breifly in the folder then goes away again.  One thing I did which was a bit unusual is I installed CS5 first then CS4.
I realise this is very confusing, I'm just posting it in the hopes that someone else has had a similar experience?!

That's good advice, I get the logic of it, but I've had no problem uninstalling.  When I uninstall CS4 it works fine, just like it used to, so there's nothing for an uninstall script to fix!  It's just that as soon as I install CS4 I can't open CS3 files off the NAS in CS3.  So it's the install that is the problem, not the uninstall.
Do you have a install cleanup script? 
In regard to what you said about Windows getting confused because I installed CS5 first; on another machine I tried just installing CS4, same problem.
I tried installing just CS5 and that works fine, it's just CS4 that stops me opening CS3 files in CS3, and it's probably some stupid problem unique to my combination of NAS and OS and versions....
I realise that I could try uninstalling everything, running cleanup scripts and installing again, but I would be replicating exactly what I've already tried, and as Einstein said trying the same thing and expecting different results is the definition of insanity.

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