InDesign files are opening in InCopy

Hi there,
Why is it that every time I click on an InDesign file it opens in InCopy? I am a magazine designer so understand the purpose of InCopy. I have it on my computer only for emergencies with editors. But, these files were never put into InCopy nor do they have anything to do with InCopy. But when I click on an .indd file, InCopy opens and up pops my file.
My particulars:
CS3
OS 10.6.6
iMac Intel Core i3
Any advice or solutions would be appreciated. This is a mystery (and kind of annoying).
Cathy Krizik

Bob,
Finally getting back to this. Thanks so much.
When I do a right click I see that I can open the file in either incopy or indesign and I see that InCopy is the default. I want InDesign to be the default always. How do i change the default program?
Cathy

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