Files unable to be opened via double click.

Hello,
I have a G5 mac desktop running 10.3.9 and it is in a state where when you double click a file (say a word doc), the application launches but the file doesn't open.
I have tried force resetting the LaunchServices database with lsregister -kill -f -domain local -domain system -domain user command but with no change to the problem. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
thanks,
Derek

I have tried repairing permissions and restarting. The extra info that I have discovered is that files that reside on the local disk behave normally. It is the files that are in the user's home directory which is nfsv3 mounted from a sun server are the one's behaving oddly.

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