Can't open any .fla's anymore.

Question

After moving my .fla files to an USB drive most of said .fla's no longer open on my PC. I get the message 'An error occurred opening file...' when trying to open them using Animate 2023. Some details:

I can open the files normally when using Adobe Animate 2021 and 2022 (but not 2023)
I can work with 21 and 22 but those versions are very unstable for me, crashing every ~30 minutes or so, I'd prefer using ver. 2023 if possible.
.fla's that are downloaded from third sources ALSO get me this error. I downloaded custom sprites from a website and every single .fla received the same message, 'An error occured opening file...' upon opening.

I've tried:
Reinstalling Animate (didn't fix)
Trying to repair .fla's with Winrar (Winrar refuses to open the rar/zip file, stating it's either corrupted or an unknown format - didn't fix)

Any possible fix besides clean OS reinstall? I'm simply stumped.

Mario_CR · Accepted Answer

Opening files from older versions gives an error in v. 23.0.2. The bug has been reported and devs are working on a fix for the same.

https://community.adobe.com/t5/animate-discussions/bug-aa-23-0-2-cannot-open-flash-8-cs3-and-cs4-fla-files/m-p/13811827#M365688

kglad · Answer

reset your animate 2023 preferences:uninstall animate 2023 including preferences per https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/help/uninstall-remove-app.htmlreinstall animate 2023

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