Can't open docs from Desktop

After upgrading to OS X 10.4.5, I am not able to open Appleworks docs by double clicking. The app launches, but the doc never opens. I am able to open docs via File>Open within Appleworks. I have tried the usual Permissions repair and have trashed the Preferences files, but to no avail.
Any advice?

When you trashed the preference files, did you trash all of the ones I list in my user tip, AppleWorks has stopped working correctly?
Since AppleWorks will launch, I don't think it is a problem with AppleWorks not being set to open that file type. You might try adding the .cwk extension to the file name & see what happens.
After you've tried these suggestions, please post back whether or not it works. If it doesn't, there might be some other things to try.
Peggy

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