File saving over itself? Why?

In AI CS6 - I am trying to save a file. Simply hitting Command S as I've done for a decade! but lately I notice occassionaly it will want to save over the original file as if I'd done a Save As. Why is it doing that? It did also do that in CS5. But only in the last year or so. Can anyone explain why this happens?

The file is just a few weeks old. I created a folder on my desktop called "Project-Name". Saved the file to it. Some of the art in it is copied from a much older file. But this weird Save As behavior when just asking for a save. BTW- it also happened over the last year with CS5 -. Some of those files may have been old. Thanks for your help!

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