CS5 converting .eps files

I discovered, much to my horror, when I first began using CS5 that when I created an .eps file in Illustrator that my files were being converted to Photoshop .eps files. Using the Get Info window, I had to change the option in the Open With box back to having it open in Illustrator, where it was created.
The advice I was given at that time was to click the Change All button to have all .eps files open in Illustrator. When I did this, it changed all the .eps files that I had created in Photoshop to Illustrator files.
I had created some Grayscale images in Photoshop to put them into a layout. The last time this file went to press, I had not changed all the files over in the Get Info window yet. Recently, after checking the box that now made all my Photoshop files Illustrator files, there was a problem with the printer because Illustrator does not have a Grayscale Color Mode option, so my Grayscale files were now CMYK. This got me in a lot of trouble at work.
Is there any reasonable solution to this other than changing each .eps file to open and be identified with the native file? I have hundreds of .eps files.
Has this been corrected in any subsequent versions of CS?
Thanks

The most reasonable solution I've found to is to purchase an inexpensive utility which can control appication opens common file types in the application you like:
Soxy | Rorohiko Workflow Resources
From the web page:
"Soxy automatically determines the type of each file you open and then directs it to the most appropriate application.
"There’s a problem when a computer has multiple versions of applications installed (like Adobe® InDesign®, QuarkXPress®, Adobe Illustrator®, Adobe Photoshop®, etc…). Opening a file will often cause the wrong application version to launch."
I don't work from them, I'm just a happy customer.

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On 11/4/08 8:24 AM, in article
[email protected], "steve grosz"
<[email protected]> wrote:
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