Final Cut Express opening of project

I am brand spanking new to Final Cut Express and already am getting into trouble trying to get a past project to reopen. i am going to file>open> and clicking on it in the folder i created but it wont load up on my timeline it just appears infront of the viewer window waiting for me to hit the play button to view it. What am i doing wrong?i want to be able to view it on the timeline as well.thx

*This may be an old thread, but oh well. I am have the same problem. Ever since I installed the new OS (leopard) I haven't been able to open my old Final cut express HD project files. I'll click on one and it will load then say either general error or access denied. I have no idea how to fix it.*
*I have final cut express HD version 3 and my old files are final cut ver. 3.0 files. I haven't had a problem with the new project files I have made.*

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