HT2054 Stop Preview from opening my photo's and attachments

How do I stop preview from opening all my photo's and attachments?

You can control click on a Photo and set it to "Open With" something else....., but ideally you should really Import them all into iPhoto for safe keeping and remove them from your desktop.

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