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Firefox JPG default file association messed up

Somehow my Firefox setup seems to have been corrupted so that when I try to open a jpg image, the dialogue gives me the option to open with "Adobe Photoshop CS3 (default)" but if I choose that, it actually opens the file with the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer, which is the true default set in Windows XP folder options. The behavior is actually what I want: i.e. I want the first option to be the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer. But I want it to say the right thing, not Photoshop. How do I change it?

When I go into FF Option/Applications, I see two entries for Photoshop: the one that says (default) and actually triggers Windows Picture and Fax Viewer, followed by a second one that really does open Photoshop. I want to keep the second one, because sometimes I do want to open things directly in Photoshop.

Have attached some screenshots that hopefully will help demonstrate the problem
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war1

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yessirnosir

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Thanks war1... I figured my profile was corrupt, but I was hoping someone could point to a specific part of the profile file or maybe a registry entry that is causing the problem, and can be fixed directly, rather than just starting over with a fresh profile. I'd gladly hex-edit something in my profile if that's what's required, and that would be a lot more satisfying than just doing a reinstall without ever figuring out the root cause. So I'll leave the question open for a while to see if anyone can pinpoint a more specific fix.

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