Opening Photoshop documents in Finder

hello everyone -- just having a small problem opening image files from the finder in Mac OSX (10.4.6). When I have the hard drive pane open in finder and when to open a jpeg, gif, or photoshop file that are all set to open with photoshop -- the photoshop program will run, however the file I initially double clicked on in finder will not appear once photoshop has started up. It seems as though finder knows to open photoshop when trying to open an image file, but fails to open the image itself when photoshop finishes initilizing. If anyone out there is having a similar problem and could help me out it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Dual 2 GHz PowerPC G5 Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Background information
If you use the Archive and Install method to upgrade to Panther or Tiger after installing Photoshop in a previous version of Mac OS X, the system doesn't copy the Adobe Unit Types file to the ScriptingAdditions folder. Reinstalling Photoshop restores the Adobe Unit Types file, which enables you to open files in Photoshop.
Do one of the following solutions:
Solution 1: Copy the Adobe Unit Types file to Library/ScriptingAdditions.
Copy the Adobe Unit Types file in the Previous System folder to [hard disk] /Library/ScriptingAdditions.
Solution 2: Create a new ScriptingAdditions folder, and then reinstall Photoshop.
1. Create a new folder in [hard disk] /Library and name it ScriptingAdditions.
2. Remove and reinstall Photoshop.

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