.mov opened in PSE CS5, saved as .psd, now PSE won't reopen it

I'm working on masking some video, and figured out a workflow that starts in Photoshop Extended CS5 and then moves to After Effects CS5. As instructed by this Adobe tutorial, I can do this by opening my footage (.mov's) in PSE, saving as a .psd, then adding that .psd to AE, which will read all the layers and timelines and effects as they were in PSE.
But after I save that .psd, it wont open in PSE. It gives me this message:
"Could not complete your request because the file is not compatible with this version of Photoshop."
even if I try to load the .psd into AE, I get this:
"The Photoshop Library operation failed because the file is not compatible with this version of Photoshop."
Other threads (e.g.) indicate this is what happens when the file is corrupted, usually due to working off a server or with NAV. but I'm working locally (a 2x3.2ghz MacPro, OSX 10.5.8), and without Norton at all. I also duplicated the process several times (opening a .mov, altering it, saving it as .psd, and trying to reopen) and I got the same message every time. It seems unlikely that each file would get corrupted every single time...
If anyone could help, I would be much much obliged. Merry Christmas!
UPDATE: The .psd will open in PS CS3, but with plenty of CS5 stuff missing. Re-saved as a CS3 psd, and that re-opens in CS3, but not PSE or AE CS5 (as to be expected). Don't know if this matters at all. Thanks!

Chris Cox wrote:
Is your copy of Photoshop CS5 up to date? That does sound a little like a bug that was fixed in 12.0.1.
And the simplest answer it is. I updated, and now it's working like a charm. Thanks Chris!
(sorry bout the PSE mixup – what's PS Extended called? PSX?)

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