Installing .mkpg and .pkg files

I have downloaded .mkpg files as well as .pkg files recently, but when I try to open them I get a message that I don't have an application to open it. I have never had a problem with this before. Now, instead of the icon I always saw before, these are showing up with the appearance of general folders. Any ideas?

vibber419,
Try the procedures listed in Resolving Disk, Permission, and Cache Corruption, and Resetting Launch Services, by Dr. Smoke.
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tomk wrote:
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