Doubleclick on file doesn't open related application

This has happend with a few applications...for example, Photoshop. Double clicking on a file that would normally open in photoshop results in nothing happening. I've also tried click and dragging to the application in the dock..nothing happens. Only when I open the application and open the file from within the application does that file end up opening.
It could very well be an adobe problem but I've yet to see if applications from other suites will react the same way. I'll have to check my other applications in the meantime.

The problem is specific to Photoshop when you do an upgrade install of the OS from Panther to Tiger. A file PS needs in the Library gets left behind in the Previous System folder:
"/Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types"
You can either reinstall Photoshop, or you can download the file here:
http://homepage.mac.com/francines/pdfs/AdobeTypes.zip
Unzip, then create the ScriptingAdditions folder (notice there is NO space in the name) in the Library folder and put the unzipped file in the folder.
Francine
Francine
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