Trouble opening Flash MX 2004 files in CS3

Has anyone encountered any problems trying to open orignal
.fla files created in Flash MX 2004 in the CS3 version? I get an
error stating "unexpected file format".

I tried opening your test file in my version of CS3 and it
shut it down completely - CS3 quit
unexpectedly. Rare for me as I have been using/testing CS3
for months and not seen this issue - i
suspect the file is corrupt in some way but then again it
would open in flash 8 - can you save as
from flash 8 with a new name and upload again?
Chris Georgenes
Animator
http://www.mudbubble.com
http://www.keyframer.com
Adobe Community Expert
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<---->
penmyles wrote:
> Since last posting this, I have been talking to tech.
suport, but I still don't
> have a solution.
>
> The MX files can open in Flash 8. But if I save them
from Flash 8 and try to
> open them in Flash CS3, it still doesn't work.
>
> Also, I have been able to open some MX files that were
created as test files
> (however, they were very simple, animation without
actionscript).
>
> Here is a sample of one of the files that I cannot open
in Flash CS3:
>
http://www.pennymyles.com/testfile.fla
> I'm just wondering if it's the file or my
computer/version/installation of
> Flash
>
> Thanks.
>

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