Adobe and Preview problem

hello!!
I posted this question in the Appleworks forum, and later under Finder and Dock Forum here. I thought that the issue was resolved, but this is not so.
here is the problem.
I prefer Acrobat to Preview, to work on PDF documents. Therefore, I have, on multiple occassions, selected the PDF documents, and "open with" Adobe Acrobat" and "Change ALL".
However, almost every time (but not ALL the time) I log out and come back, the default changes to the Preview. As good as Preview is, the idea that my MacBook Pro is misbehaving is annoying.
Then I did the following.
1. Select on the file such as pdf.
2. Right click and select the command Open with.
3. To change the default application. Select Other...
4. Then select the Adobe application and check the Always open with button.
Even this did not solve the problem. When I log back in, the default application for PDF had changed to Preview Not always however)
Then I was told that I may have a corrupt Finder cache and that I ought to address my question here.
Atthis point, I was told:
Try using a utility called Yasu to fix the problem. You can download Yasu at http://jimmitchell.org/projects/yasu/
I did so, and for 2-3 days now, there were no problems. And now, all of a sudden, I have the same problem.
I have NOT done anything unusual with my MBP. In fact, last night, a pdf document was opened with Adobe. And then I restarted the MBP now, and, it is all back to Preview.
What ought I do?
Thanks!

Hi!
Thanks:
I did exactly what Xlabs asked me to do.
1. Quit all running applications.
2. Trash the following two files in the Macintosh HD > Library > Caches folder:
com.apple.LaunchServices-0140.csstore
com.apple.LaunchServices-014nnn.csstore
3. Restart your Mac.
4. Log in to the affected account.
5. Empty the Trash.
6. Verify that the problem is solved. If not:
Trash the com.apple.LaunchServices.plist file in the Home > Library > Preferences folder of the affected account. .
Repeat steps 1-5.
Then I selected Acrobat as the Default application, "change all" etc in get info.
When I restarted however,No Luck. Once again, Preview is the default applicaqtion for PDF.
Annoying. And on principle, I would like to know why this happens!!
Thanks for your input!
Mac Book Pro Mac OS X (10.4.8) 2 GB RAM

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