PDF's + Icons

Hello all. When downloading an upgrade for a non-Mac application (Lightroom 2) something stalled and could not open the DMG file.
After that, most of the icons for all my application disappeared and a large quantity of PDF files I had
now show the Safari icon and cannot be opened.
Any suggestions about how to solve the issue (no, no back-up!!!)?
Many thanks in advance

Unless you prefer Acrobat reader or pro, preview should be the default PDF.
Select any PDF. Perform a get info.
In the bottom part if the get info window, you should see an "open with" popup menu. Probably says safari.
Change that to "Preview"
Then check the box that says use this application for all files of this type.
close the dialog. your PDFs should now open with Preview.
Sometimes the first change doesn't always take effect globally, so you may have to repeat the process on a second PDF.

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