Opening old Premiere 6.1 ppj files in Pro CS5.5?

I have just run across some CD-ROMs with backups of some OLD Premiere 6.1 .ppj files on them (including the source file videos too). When I stuck it into my cd-rom just now, the .ppj files showed up as "Premiere Pro" file types. I tried to open them but after Premiere opened, it said there was an error with each file. However, this makes me wonder if I could open old .ppj files at all with Premiere Pro CS 5.5?  I think I have an old hard drive stashed in the cabinet which would have EVERYTHING associated with the project on it. I'd love to be able to recover it and recreate my video in full standard definition. (Back in 2001 when I did these, my computer would choke just to squeeze out a 640x480 version without hiccups!)
Any idea if this is even possible? What steps should I take? I don't want to spend a lot of time trying this out if it's already known not to work.
Thanks!!

Ann,
I have successfully Opened Pr 6.5 (Mac) Project files in PrPro 2.0 (PC), with but a few tiny glitches. In the case of those Projects, there were a few Transitions, that did not exist in my PrPro 2.0 copy, and one Effect (forget what that was now), but PrPro was kind enough to warn me, with each one, and even gave me the TimeCode, where those appeared, plus what the original name was, for the Transitions, and Effect. I would guess (have not specifically tried it) that your suggestion would work just as well. All I had to do was add the .PPJ file extension to the Mac Pr 6.5 Project files, and Open worked well.
If that does not work for the OP, then I would attempt to Import the Pr 6.1 .PPJ files into a matching PrPro Project.
In my case, the platform was different for the original Pr Projects, but that did not cause an issue (except as noted above), on my PC.
As the OP mentions the .PPJ file extension, it would seem that there is no issue with Mac vs PC, but my assumption could be incorrect.
Hunt

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