Double clicking file (.pdf) will not open associated App (Acrobat)

Hi All,
I am having a problem with opening .pdf files in that double clicking does not open the Acrobat Application.
• This just started happening about a month ago.
• Once I open the app manually, double clicking the file works fine
• I have associated .pdf files with 'Adobe Acrobat Pro.app' both through the Get Info 'Change All' button as well as trying the Open With 'Always Open With' method.
• I have associated .pdf files with 'Preview' and this works fine in that double clicking a .pdf file open within Preview at any time including when the app is not initially running.
• I have repaired Disk Permissions several times
• I have upgraded to CS4 including a new version of Acrobat during the period that I have been having this problem, and the same issue has remained (ie so happens with Acrobat 8 & Acrobat 9)
Does anyone have any suggestions? I can get by with leaving Acrobat open all the time, but would prefer to keep apps closed as much as possible.
Regards,
Ross

For some reason those associations are corrupted. Try clearing out the Launch Services caches, then reassign it to the correct app and let us know. Launch /Utilities/Terminal and copy & paste this at the command line to rebuild LaunchServices:
Code:
<pre class="alt2" style="margin:0px; padding:3px; border:1px inset; width:640px; height:34px; overflow:auto">/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchSe rvices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user</pre>
Then press return. Wait until terminal returns to the command line. Quit Terminal. After that, log out and back in or restart. Let us know
-mj

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