Win 7 refuses to open jpg in Photoshop using explorer

Recently I installed an update to Corel X6 after I had updated CS6 of Photoshop. Now despite choosing Photoshop as the default application, jpgs open in Acrobat.
Just choosing Photoshop as the default application doesn't change anything. They still open in Acrobat unless I first start Photoshop and open the file I want. Can anyone tell me the registry key to fix this please?
R.

Well Noel ... That's a new one on me. I wasn't aware when changing a program's default file types you had to log off and on. I tried doing that but although I'm administrator on both logins, I can "choose" photoshop right enough but Acrobat remains the default program for jpgs. I have never set this. It should just allow me to record Photoshop as the default program, it does not.
Stormboy... Let me assure you I followed your instructions and they did not work. Even when my gut tells me advise is wrong, I'll still try it. Your advise didn't work.
The process of changing the default program to open a jpg file to be Photoshop by using the GUI is where the problem lies. Sure,  I can navagate to the Adobe folder and select Photoshop to become the default but it has no effect. The file will still be opened by acrobat and converted to a PDF. Since posting this issue, I found plenty on the subject in the Microsoft Tech site.
Even to the point of a helpful guy providing me with what I asked for at the beginning of this thread... The name of the registry hive I need to edit to fix the issue. All too often we get so used to working with a GUI that we forget Windows is ultimately controlled by command line instructions.
Armed with information from Microsoft knowledge base, I reset the default for JPG files to Photo Viewer. In doing that I also killed the registry instruction that was preventing me from changing the default. From there I added Photoshop to the list of programs that could open a JPG file.
Now when I use explorer to locate a file, right clicking it will give me the option to "open with" and amongst the programs that can open a JPG, Photoshop is top of the list. It was a Windows 7 problem, not an Adobe issue. I suspect it was caused by using a registry cleaner to defrag the registry but I guess I'll never really know for sure.
Thanks for your help gents,
R

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