This isen't just about setting the "right" default program, its also about the freedom to not set a default program at all for some files.
I resent that the Quicktime updater messed up my computer somehow and now all mp3 files "become" quicktime docs when downloading completes, no matter what the file exchange cp tells them to be. I would like all mp3 files to ask me each time which player I want to use and not have a "default" player set. I still can't make that work unless I manually change the creator codes myself. Perhaps I am missing some obvious "ask me each time" setting?

BUT I was successful in making all txt files open in Appleworks and all gif/jpgs open in Photoshop!