Preview can't open with the first click on a .pdf file

My preview has been acting up. When I double click on a .pdf file Preview starts up but the contents of the file are not displayed. Then when I double click on the file icon again, the file gets opened. Some files never open, but when I restart Preview they open (in the same way as above).
Also, when I select some of the menu items from Preview nothing happens (such as "About Preview".
I reloaded all of OSX 10.4.4, no change, fixed permissions, no change,
Please help!
Thanks,
Artur

I did an "archive and keep settings" reinstall, so that I wouldn't lose all my info. Calculating how much time it would be to get back everything I had (configs, files, programs...) I would rather have a bad Preview than go through an erase and install...
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