"After Effects cannot open files in the “After Effects Project” format." ?!?

[Judge0]

Lately I've been getting this annoying popup when trying to open an .aep from Finder:

I have to go into Ae and "File>Open..." from there.
Anyone else have this? Is there a fix?

[nishu_kush]

Hi Judge0,

Thanks for reaching out.

It could be related to the user account permissions. Please try the steps mentioned in the following article: https://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/repair-disk-permissions-running-disk.html

Let us know if it helps.

Thanks,

Nishu