Illustrator files opening as Preview

Hi,
I just updated to the Snow Leopard operating system on my mac, and all of a sudden when I click on an Illustrator file, I get a preview...it doesn't open thru Illustrator. How can I fix this? Thanks!

Select an AI file and do a Get Info (Cmd-I). In the resulting windowm change the "Open with " dropdown to Adobe Illustrator, then click Change All to reassociate the files with AI.

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