I can't open idml file exported from CS6 in Indesign 4 or 6.

I created an InDesign document in CS6 and saved it as an idml file to be able open it on another machine with CS4. Unfortunately I did not save a copy in indd copy in 6. I get a message "Adobe may not support this format, a plug in might be missing." any ideas welcome, otherwise I start over Thanks.

No luck? Did you get any message?
"Adobe may not support this format, a plug in might be missing." is normally opening if you try to open an INDD in a previous version. That's why I supposed that it might be an INDD file with the wrong extension.
If the file is not corrupted you should be able to open any IDML in CS6 but also in CS4.
If you have saved it with the wrong extension, you could try to replace the wrong extension with a correct one.
You write also HDML? Are you sure that it is also not a HTML file?

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