AE file association broken

For some reason, my .aep files are no longer associated with AfterEffects CS3. I tried re-associating them (with the Open With feature), but it doesn't seem to remember the association after I enter it (the Always Open With This App is checked).
I went so far as to even do a repair installation of CS3, but the same thing remains. No matter how I try, it will not link the file with the app. The app and files are all fine (I can load the files FROM the app... just not double click on the files to load the app and file).
Even manually associating them (creating a new extension definition, and linking the app to it) doesn't work. With all the methods, it ACCEPTS it, but doesn't appear to apply it. The file icon remains generic too.
Any ideas what I can adjust to get the link happening? I figure it's a registry thing, although I looked into that as well and couln't get any change.

Well, looks like you have a more serious issue on your system. Perhaps a virus or really your security running amok? The rest is not really clear. I mean, you know better than me what software you have on your system. Extension overload cannot be fixed by justt adjusting the one file type. you realyl need to verify what tools you have. E.g. if you have a packer tool like WinZip it will have options to provide context menu entries and associate itself with a number of file types in the prefs. Same for Quicktime, TextPad etc. That's what you must investigate. If you wanted to do it the manual way, you will have to literally nuke all existing third-party file associations and rebuild all of them....
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Reinstalling Adobe Reader should normally fix the file association; I don't know why it does not in your case.
Suggestion: try running the Acrobat Cleaner Tool http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/acrobatcleaner.html then reinstall Reader.
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This is more informative: where in the registry does Windows store, with which program to open certain file types? - Super User. I went to HKCU\software\classes\applications and added a new key acroRD32.exe
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This is a pesky one. I recently upgraded from Audition CS5.5 to Audition 6 and uninstalled CS5.5. Since I did that, however, the .sesx file association in my computer has been lost. When I try to reassign .sesx to Audition, the computer defaults to Adobe Acrobat to attempt to open an .sesx file, even when I specifically navigate to the Audition folder and indicate Audition as the default program to open .sesx.
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Even after you selected, for
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Unfortunately, no, not even after selecting Graphic Converter as the default app in the Open With menu.
I think you
mean Show Inspector, which is Command-Option-I, vs.
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http://blogs.technet.com/b/mniehaus/archive/2014/01/10/configuring-file-associations-in-windows-8-1.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/b/mrmlcgn/archive/2013/02/26/windows-8-associate-a-file-type-or-protocol-with-a-specific-app-using-a-gpo-e-g-default-mail-client-for-mailto-protocol.aspx
We understand your confusion about this, but we hope you understand that using network location for file association deployment is highly insecure and it is out of our recommendation since the content in that network location could be changed without any
notification or permissions constraint.
Thanks for your understanding.
Regards
D. Wu
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