CS5 Default

I installed Adobe CS5 and after that Adobe CS4, and now when I open file from Win Explorer, it opens up in CS4, how can I make CS5 default for all adobe programs files?
Thanks

Glenn,
In this case a reinstall does not need the Clean Script utility first. All that is required is a correction to some registry keys that go beyond the simple file association that was suggested, because the registry entries also contain keys for dynamic linking, Encore, export modules etc. that can not be corrected by only changing the file association in Explorer.

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