Saved files as .PSD now they are "Windows Shell Common Dll" and won't open?

I am having a problem with opening some files in Photoshop. I am using Photoshop CS5.1 Extended (Version 12.1) and have Windows 7 64 bit SP1 OS.
I am trying to open a few templates I made in PhotoShop for a client and they worked fine when I used them 3 weeks ago. All were saved as .psd documents. Now when I go to open them they no longer have the PS icon (to show they would be opened by PhotoShop). When I try to open them I get "Could not complete your request because it is not the right type of document." I have had this problem once before but it is confusing to me because 2 of the other similar .psd files I saved at the same timeframe(separate elements for the temlate) are perfectly fine, only the ones I need do not want to open.
I checked file properties and it claims these files are now Windows Shell Common Dll files. Any ideas?

I guess you were able to open them in photoshop with open as.
In the future you should probably try to avoid using periods in the image file names other than for the file type extension.
You could use - or_ in place of the periods as in VotePedia Invoice 1_5_13 or VotePedia Invoice 1-5-13
Also, as Noel suggested, going into Control Panel>Appearace and Personalization>Folder Options>View
and unchecking Hide extensions for known file types will help as well.

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Additional Hang Signature 7:    e55c2dce9cf06063eba29fe145c27782
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