Photoshop not opening double clicked files anymore?

Hi all...
All of a sudden my copy of Photoshop CS1 has stopped opening files when they are double clicked in the finder or passed any other way. The only way I can get PS to open a file is by opening them from it's File menu! Draging a file to it's dock icon or selecting "edit in external editor" in iPhoto all no longer work when they used to before.
All of these actions start up PS but that is as far as it goes, it fires up and then just sits there!
Any suggestions as to why this might be? This sort of problem used to be sorted by rebuilding the desktop in OS 9. Is there a similar procedure for OS X?
Thanks in advance.

The fix is to reinstall Photoshop. You are missing a file called Adobe Unit Types which should be located in the ScriptingAdditions folder in your Library folder on your Macintosh HD.

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