Keeping "Open File With" Option

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I know this has been discussed in the past, but since I've never, ever had a problem with it, I didn't pay much attention.

My Mac is now opening all rtf and txt documents in Text Edit.
Long ago, when I switched over to Bean for text documents, and something else before that, I did the Get Info > Open With
trick on a document, changed it to Bean, then clicked "Change all..."

It's worked fine for years, but now every time I log in or reboot, documents open in Text Edit.
It's not just Text Edit either. I also prefer to use Movist to watch videos rather than Quicktime, which has become buggy.
Same deal; it lasts until I log out or reboot.

And another problem is when I open many of my apps, I get the warning: "You are opening the application “Bean.app” for the first time. Are you sure you want to open this application?" Sometimes I get, "Firefox was downloaded from the Internet. Are you sure you want to open it?"

These are applications I have been using for years.

I've Repaired Permissions and Rebuilt Launch Services repeatedly, but nothing works.

I hate Lion, nothing but trouble.
 

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Lion not withstanding.....

Download the free "Default Apps" preference pane from here. Use it to set everything the way you like.
 
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That's a pretty nifty little Prefs addition, and probably should be a part of the OS, maybe somewhat simplified. However, it didn't work. I went through a lot of file types, checking and making "my" apps the default, but none of these settings would stick after logging out twice, and rebooting once.

I'm doomed.
 

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