what does this mean?

[Family. Galher]

this message just popped up on my computer, I want to know what it means and how to fix it. When I want to transform an effect into a layer this message shows up and I can't do what I want. help, please

[Family. Galher]

this screenshot may have more info 

[Jeff Arola]

Did you try just clicking the OK button and see if the effect using layers looks the same as the layer style?

This is what the Photoshop help says:

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/layer-effects-styles.html