Problem with rig (solved)

I get this is more of blenders fault most likely but every time I load a model with a skeleton it doesn’t load the skeleton but if I open it in its own file it has a skeleton. What is a way to fix this?

I don’t know my current workflow but I do know I’m using steams most up to date blender (v2.79)

It worked once before but even the model that worked before is doing this.

I tried reinstalling the .blend rig but it still has the problem but opening a new file doesn’t don’t know what I could’ve turned off.

alright.

already got it