Finder crashes with "open as" on audio and video files

My system was restored by Time Machine some time ago.
Since than my Finder crashes whenever i use the "open as" menu on movie or audio files.
I do a ctrl-click and choose "open as" nothing happens like a freeze and than the Finder crashes and starts new. Sometimes the Finder doesn't even appear again, so that i have to use the power button of my MBP to switch it off.
Other file types like jpg, pdf, ... work just fine.
I'm using a MBP, Intel Core Duo 2Ghz with 2 Gb Ram under 10.6.4.
I repaired permissions and even rebuild the launch services but it didn't help.

Hello s:
The only thing I can think of to try is to trash a preference file (com.apple.finder.plist) and restart.
If that does not help, I would reinstall OS X 10.6 (over your existing system and then run software update.
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