Open With Change All doesn't work

Change All... under Open with: in the Get Info dialog doesn't always work. If I select a .pl file and then use this method to ask OS X Mountain Lion to open all .pl files with (the default) TextEdit.app, then in the future only that same file is opened with TextEdit. Other .pl files, even if in the same directory, are opened with whatever other application they were previously set to be opened with. This contradicts the claim that "This change will apply to all documents with extension “.pl”."
Is this just a bug, or might I be doing something wrong?

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I finally know why some of my files get corrupted.
If you use the following method to assign one kind of file to always open with the same application;
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/8387.html
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an extended attribute will be added to your file.
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Besides that is adds an extended attribute (which can be deleted with the "xattr --help" command) the modification date of the selected file will be changed.
I think this is irritating because I wan't to keep my master photos with the same modification date as creation date.
What else does it effect besides the modification date and to add extended attributes? Does my metadata get intact?
(If you further want to make a backup copy on for example a FAT32 filesystem than your got a new problem. FAT32 doesn't support resource forks, so besides filename.jpg you will have an additional ._filename.jpg of 4kb)

Doesn't sound like there is any corruption going on to me. It may change the date modified, but that should be expected since you modified the file.

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I have Java program which runs on PCs and saves files with a special extension. When I double click on a saved file, I would like it to open with my program. This worked before when my program was stored on the C drive. But now I store it more appropriately in the Program Files folder, and it does not work anymore.
If I try to say Open With and browse to my program, it does not show up in the list, so I cannot choose it. Or if I go to Default Programs in the Start menu, click on Associate a file type or protocol with a specific program, select my extension, click on Change program, and browse to my program, again it does not show up in the list, so I still cannot choose it.
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Sorry to bother you with this. Yes, this was a Windows problem, not a Java problem.
The solution was to use the Registry Editor. Just for the record, let me post my solution:
For being able to open files with my extension, I had to create a registry in
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts,
including the subkey of the program name in the subfolder OpenWithList
and the subkey of the program id in the subfolder OpenWithProgIds.
And for the program id I had to create another registry entry in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT,
including the subfolders Shell, Open, and Command, where I placed the
subkey of the directory of my program.
I did all this with my installation program Inno Setup (www.jrsoftware.org). Here is
the code I created with Inno Setup for recognizing my ".ac" extension:
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Root: HKCU; Subkey: "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.ac"; Flags: uninsdeletekeyifempty
Root: HKCU; Subkey: "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.ac\OpenWithList"; Flags: uninsdeletekeyifempty
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Root: HKCU; Subkey: "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.ac\OpenWithProgIds"; Flags: uninsdeletekeyifempty
Root: HKCU; Subkey: "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.ac\OpenWithProgIds"; ValueType: binary; ValueName: "AnanyaCurves"; Flags: uninsdeletekey
Root: HKCR; Subkey: "AnanyaCurves"; Flags: uninsdeletekey
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Always open with and Change all doesn't work

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Hi,
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To help with analysis of this issue, my system is a G4 PowerMac running OS X Tiger 10.4.11. This issue also involves Photoshop 6.0.1 running in Classic mode.
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