HELP! My .ai file now only opens as a pdf!

Last week I finished my artwork and saved as usual as an .ai file. I checked it again a few days ago, made a few amendments, and it was fine. Today I tried to open it but a box I have never seen before seems to think my document is a pdf and I get the option to open either 'image' or 'pages'. I open pages and the artwork does not look such great resolution as it did previously. How did this happen? Anyone enlighten me. Many thanks.
OMG. Working too late, I tried to open it in Photoshop not AI. Ooops, nite nite

Does it respond the same way if you use File>Open from within Illustrator? If it opens as an illustrator file, try doing a SaveAs and save it in a new place. If the new file works correctly, throw away the other.

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