Open with Application

Hello,
if I select a fortran file, say file.f, and I open the Get Info window (meta-i),
I find that, by default, the file will be opened with Xcode.
I would like to have a different default; Aquamacs for example. I select Aquamacs from the list of applications (in the Get Info window) and then I click on the Change All button...and suddenly Xcode appears again.
Is there a serious way to tell the system to open all the files having a certain extension (.f, .c whatever) with a certain application (chosen by the user and not by the system)??
thank you
MacBookPro Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Yes definitely; aquamacs is in the application folder
It seems that the Default Apps application you suggest, does not force all .f files to open with aquamacs. Suppose I have file.f, and from Get Info I ask to open it with Xcode.
Is default Apps supposed to force the opening of the file with aquamacs the next time I open it?

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Win 7 (my error message): "This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Please install a program or, if one is already installed, create an association in the default programs controll panel."
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
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