Opening files with selected applications.

This is the second time I post this subject. The first time, I thought I had solved the issue using a package named `Default Applications` [suggested in the discussion forum]. But this was `illusory`. If I tell the machine, in all the way I know, to open .f or .c (fortran/c) files with Aquamacs Emacs by default, it will do it a couple of times, but after a while, (a restart...I have not checked) Xcode wins again! I definitely don't want to use the Xcode editor. What should I do? Should I erase Xcode from the disk or eventually there is some more elegant solution to this problem? My impression is that this is a bug of the OS [the *always open with* button does not work at all], which should be cured in the new edition. I know from many collaborators and friends that they have exactly the same problem.

I had this problem before with how I view the inside of my main Hard Drive. I Keep on changing the view ( J in Finder) with bigger icons and a green background but after every restate its back to small unorganized icons with a white background. Two days ago I enabled finder to show hidden items. I Found out the .DS_Store was owned to another Admin on my computer. I changed it to mine and it's all swell.
So even though Repair permission did not work for me to fix the problem for me, I still recommend to Verify and Repair permissions.
Second I should suggest to find the file(s) that handles what files are opened with. (I'll do my part in finding it)
I hope this solves it.
Ti Powerbook G4 1.0 Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.10) 512 mb RAM

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I am trying to write a class which can open file with selected application. for simplicity, now I just hard code the varaibles.
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I have created a simple workflow to open a text file with TextEdit. It seems to work once, then subsequent times the workflow goes to the point that TextEdit opens but the file doesn't open along with it.
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1. double-click file in the Finder (e.g in a Folder on your Mac or on your Mac desktop etc.)
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