"Read composite data instead" message appears if I type something outside of Photoshop

Good morning
Sometimes during opening of a big batch of files "read composite data instead" message appears. My files are okay, not corrupted. I click Cancel and work with layered files without problem.
What I noticed is the message appears if I type something outside of photoshop (in this forum for example), press alt+shift...
Just curious how typing can affect the error message and how to fix it?
I use Photoshop CS6
Thanks!

I encountered this problem in PS3 on my Mac, OSX 10.5.8
I had tried opening the file from several image viewing programs, with no improvement.
Finally found this open source software...
Download the program:
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Follow their directions. You will have to extract each layer individually and reassemble the file, which is a bummer. I lost two layers out of 20, but they were easy to fix - Better than recreating the file from scratch!
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