OK, that's definitely a Poser scene file (PZ3).

I think you're using some of the terminology inaccurately, which is incredibly confusing.

"character rendered in poser 2014 and saved to my character (Frankie Baywatch) folder"

Explain what you mean by "rendered" - if you render something in Poser you end up with an image which you export as a TIFF, JPEG, PNG or PSD file. You can't save a render as a PZ3.

Did you add whatever it was to a folder in your library (by clicking on the + at the bottom of the library window)? Or did you save the scene (PZ3) to a folder on your system?

What happens when you launch Poser by double-clicking PoserPro.exe? Does it launch OK and run normally? If it works as it should, can you open a PZ3 file using the File > Open... menu dropdown?

If anything goes wrong, make a note of any error messages or warnings and advise us.

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