Can't open IDCS5.5 from Windows Explorer

I installed Creative Suite 5.5 Design Standard on my Win XP last week. After a week of successfully running the program, I decided to uninstall older versions. Since doing that, all ID ikons are showing up unidentifiable, and when I right click to open, I get the error message that it's an unknown file association. The only successful way, I have found to open my files, is by launching ID, file and open. Is there a way to fix this problem?

This is a known issue with uninstalling older versions AFTER installing a new one. Best way to fix it is to reinstall wahtever versions you want, in chronological order.
There is no need tor remove old versions of ID, and a lot of good reasons for leaving them in place if you have to work with older files. .indd files are not backward compatible to older versions, and saving a legacy file and overwriting in a new version means you cannot go back without exporting through a series of Interchange Format steps, which for anything earlier than CS4 requires all versions in between to be available, and things may get lost along the way.

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