Unable to open images by double clicking or dragging image to icon in dock - can only open by going to file open

I can no longer open images on the desktop by clicking or by dragging to the Photoshop CS 1 icon on the dock. I can only open by going to File - Open. I was able to do this before my Mac OSX 10.3.9 version crashed and I re-installed 10.3.4 and upgraded now to 10.4.11. Help?

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I realize this has been answered, but I found a nice workaround that may work for some. I am posting in this thread because it was helpful to me. I will also begin a new thread that contains the same info.
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Unable to open images by double clicking or dragging image to icon in dock - can only open by going to file open

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