Lost PhotoShop CS4 File Associations!

I just uninstalled CS3 on my main PC as I already have CS4 installed on it and no longer use CS3 and needed the HDD space. After I did so, all of my files associations that I had to PhotoShop have now been blown out! How to do I get all of them all back easily? I do not want to have to do a reinstallation and I have no idea what all of the file types are that are associated with CS4. Thanks in advance for any and all help provided.

In Bridge there is a file association menu, check the make sure this is set for CS4. Otherwise this is probalby a windows thing. If you have Vista go to control panel/default programs/associate files. Click on the file and and browse to select CS4 as default program.
In Windows XP I believe you open windows explorer and click on folder options/details

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
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Thanks tonyperry1951
I was having trouble in Windows 7 with CS5 and Windows Photo Viewer. Photoshop was not shown in the "open with" list of programs and would not load from the browse button.
I followed your registry instructions and found that I had an old line with CS4 in it. I changed the 4 to a 5 and that fixed the problem. This is what my registery looks like now.
"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS5 (64 Bit)\Photoshop.exe" "%1"
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