PSD File Assiciations Fireworks CS3

Hi
Having lots of problems with Fireworks CS3 on PC (XP). Most
of these issues I can live with but the main problem is that I just
can't get it to associate with PSD files. After trying to do it
manually, the Fireworks icon shows on PSD files but when I double
click on the image icon it tries to open in Acrobat. When I
uninstall Acrobat it tries to open in Dreamweaver. When I uninstall
Dreamweaver it tries to open in an image viewer I have installed.
If I try to open it manually by going through the Folder
Options (or right click "Open With") route & click on
Fireworks.exe, it still tries to open in other applications
(Acrobat then Dreamweaver etc). Fireworks never shows in the list
of "Recommened Programs", so I need to browse for it.
Thanks for any help (Adobe & MS support could not help).

Can you not simple select it in File Type and choose
Fireworks and choose always use this program? That should work.

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>
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