File association reverting itself on its own

I have been unable to change the file association for .bib files. I would like to open all of these with JabRef (default is texmaker). I selected one, did cmd-I, went to the "open with" tab, looked for JabRef, selected "all applications" from the drop-down menu (JabRef is not a "recommended application"), selected JabRef. I then pressed the button "Change all" to change all of the .bib files and the file association reverted itself to texmaker!
What could be the reason for this behaviour? I made sure that the file was unlocked before trying to change its association after it failed the first time, but b/c I did not know what else to do, in fact it seems irrelevant. Any suggestions?

baltwo wrote:
Could be a hosed LaunchServices database. Best thing to do is reset it. Launch the Terminal.app in /Applications/Utilities/, paste in the below command, hit the return key, quit the app, and restart.
*/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchS ervices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user*
I did it, but there is no effect. Just to make sure, what is that you mean exactly by quit the app? Quit the Terminal? In any case thanks a lot for the suggestion.
Besides, I have circumvented the problem by associating bib files with BibDesk, although it is a bit annoying that the file association seems to ahve a glitch.

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