Preview fails to open a file that Adobe Reader will open

I get statements from Wells Fargo downloaded with filenames like session5.cgi. If I double click them, they open just fine in Adobe Reader. But if I control-click and specify Preview as the application, then nothing happens and the fie is not opened.
I prefer using Preview for everything I can, and would like to avoid using Adobe Reader. Can anyone figure out why i can't?

Thanks. I knew that would work. But I am asking (I guess) why using control-click and choosing Preview doesn't. I notice that preview isn't included in Recommended Applications, but that is understandable given the suffix .cgi.
When I use the ctnl-click, Preview immediately becomes the active applicaiton (it's already runing), but then nothing happens, and it continures to display the file it was displaying before i did all this.
BG

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