InDesign files greyed opening from server

Hi all, this is an odd problem that has only just started happening recently. When I save a file from InDesign onto our server it is sometimes greyed out when I go to open it later from InDesign. I then have to go onto the desktop and open the file from Finder. It only happens sometimes and is corrected if I restart the computer. Any ideas why this might be happening?? Thanks!

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