"change all" never works

"Open with:", then "Change all" never works. It sticks while I'm logged on, but as soon as I log out and back in, it's back to default, or worse, back to pointing to software that I don't even have anymore. It's been like this since I migrated to a MacBook.

then it's a known bug in filevault. see this link for a possible workaround.
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2008031217120475

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    Unfortunately, there isn't always a way around this. PDF files are an excellent example. A PDF file created by Adobe has a Creator of CARO and a Type of PDF_. Preview has a different Type and Creator code for PDF files created with it.
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