Premiere CS5.5 linking to AE files

Hi Everyone,
I am still on 5.5 for another month or two until I wrap up with a client who is not upgrading. I have a new project that I need to get done this week though, and I am having this weird bug. When I go to import an AE comp in to my premiere project I get the window fine, click on the project in the folder, and for some reason, premiere keeps importing the last AE project I created in that folder (I have about 50 aeps in that folder and I want to import each one, however, it just keeps importing #50 no matter what I select in the window). It is really odd. I can work around by putting my aeps in individual folders, but I'd really rather not for a few reasons, not the least of which is time doing busy work.
Thanks!
Danielle

Never said anything like this. What is more, I've been repeatedly explaining for more than a year that storing all dynamically linked compositions in a single AE project is not necessary and under some circumstanses is unwise or even impossible. So as to store them in different AE projects you just need to understand how Dynamically Link works.
In your case you're facing the issue with incremental numbers at the end of projects names. Therefore, just run batch renaming in Bridge if you want to keep those numbers, but simply move them somewhere in the middle of a name.
My typical workflow is giving them meaning names in a first place. I also oftentimes start from AE, and my single composition may be quite 'heavy', therefore I prefer storing them in different AE projects. But I hardly ever use numbers in project names, and if so, just comply with the rule and place them somewhere in a middle. Easy.
As far as I know, in CS6 a user can choose how Dynamic Link behaves towards incremental numbers. But I'm still enjoying CS5.5.

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