File Association: "Change All" working only for recommended programs

Hello,
I am having problems with the "Change All" function in the Finder. I only seem to be able to make a change to a program which is already recommended in the drop-down menu. If I use "Other..." and select the program and then select "Change All", it automatically reverts back to the Default setting.
As a concrete example:
I want to open all .tiff files with Acrobat Pro 7.0, the default setting is Preview. If I select Acrobat and click on Change all, I get the standard verification dialogue. However as soon as I confirm, the drop down menu switches back to Preview. Instead, if I select Photoshop (which is already in the drop down menue) I can make the change without problems.
I tried to restart and I even manually edited the "launch services" plist file - changing to Photoshop works after restart, changing to Acrobat is ignored.
File vault is off. Repairing permissions was also without success.
Would anyone have an idea how to fix this?
Best regards,
Mark
System: Powerbook G4 Aluminium / OSX 10.4.11

Unfortunately, there isn't always a way around this. PDF files are an excellent example. A PDF file created by Adobe has a Creator of CARO and a Type of PDF_. Preview has a different Type and Creator code for PDF files created with it.
So what happens is when you assign (say the Adobe Reader) to Adobe PDF files, it associates them with those based on Adobe's Type and Creator codes. That usually means PDF files created with Preview will still open in Preview.
If you associate Preview PDFs with the Adobe Reader, then the OS breaks the link to the Adobe Type/Creator codes. Now Preview PDF files will open in the Adobe Reader. But since the Adobe created PDFs are no longer linked to the Reader, the OS opens them in the nearest default program, which is Preview.
You end up with an unwanted one-or-the-other problem.

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