HELP! Unexpected File Format Error

I was recently working on a project in Flash CS5.5 for school, last thing i did was save the project and close the program. Next time I try to open it I get an error saying "Unexpected File Format", and the application closes itself out. I can open Flash by itself and work on anything else, but when I try to open my class project it repeats the same thing "Unexpected File Format" and closes. The file was originally started IN Flash CS5.5, and has not moved to any other program since then. I dont understand what happened. I really need this project working again, can anyone help?

It's just happened again!!
This is really killing my deadline. Same file, this time I had just deleted to fonts from the library, then clicked save to get the alert to kill flash.
This time I got the additional info from the "Adobe Flash CS5.5 has stopped working" alert box:
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: Flash.exe
Application Version: 11.5.0.325
Application Timestamp: 4d79fed5
Fault Module Name: Flash.exe
Fault Module Version: 11.5.0.325
Fault Module Timestamp: 4d79fed5
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 00131e35
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.4
Locale ID: 2057
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
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Then after clicking "Close the program" on the alert, I get another alert with the following in the problem details:
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: Flash.exe
Application Version: 11.5.0.325
Application Timestamp: 4d79fed5
Fault Module Name: ntdll.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.1.7601.17514
Fault Module Timestamp: 4ce7b96e
Exception Code: c0150010
Exception Offset: 00083f7e
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.4
Locale ID: 2057
Additional Information 1: aba5
Additional Information 2: aba5168922f519834928ffedc4428eb5
Additional Information 3: a36e
Additional Information 4: a36ebf3985e5b9460741b16a785caa1b
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