Problems opening files in QT and Preview

Don't know where to put this as it doesn't appear to be a problem with QT or Preview alone. When I double click a file Preview would normally open, Preview opens, but the file does not. I can open the file manually by using the file menu in Preview and navigating to the file, but again, double clicking opens the program but not the file itself. QT, same exact situation except that in addition many movies which played fine in QT a couple days ago will no longer play. Instead I get the following error message: "QuickTime cannot open the file: "_____.mpg" a necessary data reference could not be resolved (-2000)." Don't know if it's related, but at the same time these problems started I also found I couldn't import movies into Toast -- "unsupported formats" -- even though I'd just burned copies with the same version of Toast 2 days earlier. Oh yes, I'm using QT 7.0.4, but problem started with 7.0.3 installed.
G4 Digital Audio with OWC Dual 1.6GB Upgrade Mac OS X (10.4.4) 1.25GB SDRAM

Do you have a second user? If not create one, then log on as that user and see if files will open by double clicking and if Toast works correctly. If that user also has the problem, then it is a system level glitch. If not, then the problem is some file in your home user folder. Oh, put some test files in the Shared folder, and change their permissions so everyone can use them, with GetInfo. And be sure to make your test user an admin user.
Francine
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