Change Default 'Open With'

Folks,
I changed something, but don't know what. I want ACR to open for RAW or JPEGs. I believe my prefs are set correctly in both ACR and Bridge. DblClk in Bridge should open ACR; it opens photoshop. I've gone to Finder and a file Get Info > Open all files with Adobe Bridge. This isn't working. How can I change the Right Clik >Photoshop CS4 (Default) to either ACR or Bridge?
Frustrated,
Regards to all,
Charles

How do you use JPEGs? Seems to me the easiest way to make minor JPEG
adjustmentisACR! Dclk > Adjust >Done.
I don't make adjustments to jpegs
Only work in Raw and save as PSD files. Those files can be resized and saved
as jpeg to customers needs. Once you have saved a jpeg you should not make
changes to them because that will cause loss of quality, you don't have that
whit PSD or Tiff files.
When you have good reasons to shoot in jpeg you should do so but the changes
that you can make with them in ACR are very limited compared to use of Raw
files.
My importing from camera continues to be a mixed bag. I shoot raw 90% and
make JPGs via ACR (after importing) as I need them. It''s the copying to
folder, subfolder, other drive, convert to DNG, Add meta data, Keyword...ALL
on Import seems overwhelming; and it is. I just import to a folder and decide
then, almost one by one.
I use Adobe Photodownloader for that, in Bridge choose Get files from camera
and explore the advanced setting, you can do a lot in one click.
Thanks for the input on 'Open With'. I've been having some problems with
Expression Media 2 and I've been trying different methods to get that right.
One of the things I tried was to Repair Permissions in Disk Utility. I think,
but I'm not certain, that that may have corrected the Open With situation.
It is always good to use system maintenance every now and then
Here's a question about Replying to this forum. How do you include the partial
reply? Do you 'Copy & Paste' a selected text? For example, How did you add
"Still can not change the 'Open With' etc., etc." comment in your reply?
On the forum site you can do so when you use the reply button and then use
the tool bar above to quote. But I use my email application (Office for Mac
2008) and simply select the text I want to quote and then choose reply.

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