File associations lost after upgrade to 10.4.9

The upgrade itself went smoothly. But now some files won't won't open with the program they're supposed to open with--even if I do open with>other> and then click the "always open with" box.
Suggestions please!

Hi, Welcome to Apple Discussions.
It sounds like LaunchServices.
Launch /Utilities/Terminal and copy & paste this at the command line:
Code:
<pre class="alt2" style="margin:0px; padding:3px; border:1px inset; width:640px; height:34px; overflow:auto">/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/\Frameworks/LaunchServi ces.framework/Support/lsregister \-kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user</pre>
Then log out and back in or restart. Let us know.
-mj
[email protected]

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