Neooffice won't open file by double clicking on finder

This just started recently. If I double click on a file and Neooffice is not already open, it will start up and open the file. If Neooffice is already open, it will do nothing. I can still open files through the File->Open menu (much less convenient). Only Neooffice appears to be affected. I have tried reinstalling Neooffice - no difference.
Any ideas? The system software has been updated much more recently than Neooffice.

One of the Macs in our office is having the same problem. Nothing changed on the computer...no upgrades to OS or NeoOffice. It just suddenly stopped opening double-clicked files - unless NeoOffice is NOT running. My office manager is close to tears having to quit NeoOffice before opening another file.
I will attempt to install the latest version of NeoOffice, but, like another poster here, I hate to do that because the last time I upgraded it caused me an extreme amount of trouble.
One thing I did try that did no good was running a permissions fix through Disk Utility. I'm stumped on what could possibly cause this to just suddenly happen.
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