CS4 .ai files not recognized, Finder sees PDF

Okay.
This is an annoying thing, but I hope to find the fix.
Mac: 2 x 3 Ghz Quad-core Intel Xeon, 2 gb ram (i am wishing for more)
OS: 10.5.6
Prog: Adobe Illustrator CS4
Here's the thing. I have saved a my files for years with the "make file PDF compatible" to use them in InDesign.
Now ... when I had 10.4, the files worked fine. Now that Im 10.5.6, however, I have seen a strange thing. I'll take a file that has had the "make file PDF compatible" checked when it was saved (a few thousand+ files over the years, mind you) and when I double click it to open, Finder opens the file in either Acrobat or Preview. Darnit!
I can right click and "Open With" each file, but that is annoying. I know there is either a very simple fix to this or a complicated one. I remember back in the OS9 and below era you could open up a "Extension Manager" and tell conflicting programs to open specifically the files you wanted. Is this a OS question (and should be posted over on Apple's Forum) or is this a Illustrator problem?
I DO want to keep the PDF compatibility because of my use of AI files in InDesign. Any ideas?

Hello Dale,
If you are talking about not seeing the Icon preview, is 100% Adobe's failure.
http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.59b81128/4
But if you are talking about opening illustrator files with extension ".ai" (even when you save them as PDF compatibles); you can change the default settings of Apple OS.
Select any document from "Finder" with extension ".ai"
"Finder" Main Menu: "File" + "Get Info" (a New window will pop-out)
In this new Info Window, go down to "Open With" and selected from the drop-down menu "Adobe Illustrator CS4" and select "Change All".
This action should correct the problem. However, Apple has shown instability of this type of setting depending of the Mac you have.
About who is responsible of these discrepancies, is shared blame between Apple OS and Adobe Softwares.

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