IPhoto won't open avi files in Snow Leopard

before I instaled Snow Leopard clicking on an avi file in iPhoto opened the file in Quick Time. After installing Snow Leopard I either have to put them on the desktop, or drag them onto Quick Time. Any ideas how to make iPhoto work with Snow Leopard?

I am having the same problem.
Open iPhoto 08 - click on video and nothing plays - went to original file and changed default application to iPhoto - then clicked on video in iPhoto and get error message with file cannot be read - changed default back to Quicktime and still cannot play in iPhoto like before.
Help! Very annoying to open original folder

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