PDFs won't work in Safari

This week I leveled my harddrive and reinstalled OSX.
I have done all the updates.
When I try and look at a PDF in safari I get a rotating 'loading wheel' the an open dialouge asks me what application to open the PDF with, but Preview is greyed out.
Any ideas?

Its ok restarting Safari sorted it out for some reason.

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