Since Lion, text edit can't open txt files

Since upgrading to Lion on my 2.4 Ghz iMac, TextEdit won't open .txt files (even ones it has just created). I get the following error message: The document “[filename].txt” could not be opened. TextEdit cannot open files of this type.
When Lion was first installed, it was opening my .txt file with Console, until I told it to use TextEdit. Now I get the error above. The files are fine (they work on other computers, word, console, etc)
I know I can download a different (and possibly better) text editor, but I like TextEdit and also am worried that this is a symptom of a deeper issue.
So far, I've restarted and repaired all permissions on My HD. Not sure what could be causing this as reading .txt files is pretty essential to TextEdit.

I guess my installation got messed up by chance: I reinstalled Lion and things seem to be working well now. Not sure what the problem was.

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