Service command in Preview.app - Send PDF as attachment doesn't work

I have used the following workflow for month on all my three macs.
I open up a PDF file in Preview and select "eMail PDF as attachment" from the Edit menu at the top of the screen. This will attach the current viewed PDF file to a new mail message.
I guess after updating to 10.7.2 somehow it stopped working on MacBook Pro and iMac. My Mac mini is fine.
When I do use this command I get two error messages. Service not available. Can't attach PDF to mail. Import failed. Something like that.
Does anyone know how to fix that? I repaired permissions and did all that kind of stuff.
Thanks in advance!

Would it be possible, please, for someone who has/had this issue to send me the com.apple.ServicesMenu.Services.plist files from ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Preview/Data/Library/Preferences and from ~/Library/Preferences?
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