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by: Barney-15E
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Remove applications from 'Open With' dialog
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Jun 18, 2008 2:43 AM
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I have searched seemingly everywhere for an answer to this question. When I right click on an html file (or really any other file) and to go the 'open with' dialog there is a huge laundry list of applications listed. For the html files there are DivX converters, Big Bang games, etc.
How can I remove all of the applications that I know can not open an html file and others that I would never use to open those files either? I like the ability to easily open the file with different browsers but really dislike scrolling through 30 different applications to find them.
I have deleted the "com.apple.LaunchServices" file and rebooted.
I have run "/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user" and rebooted.
Neither of these solutions are helping the problem at all. I even tried some Onyx program. Is there a way to "trim the fat" from that window?
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Re: Remove applications from 'Open With' dialog
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Jun 18, 2008 2:51 AM
in response to: warewolf55
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The LaunchServices data is not really user editable. It is built automatically based on opened files, application and file associations, etc. You can clear the database by one of the two methods you have tried (the second does not work in Leopard) but that's pretty much it. You could edit the /Home/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices.plist file and delete unwanted nodes, but the list will eventually build up again over time.
To clear out the database you must remove:
/Library/Caches/com.apple.LaunchServices-0230.csstore
/Library/Caches/com.apple.LaunchServices-023501.csstore
/Home/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices.plist
You can also use a third-party utility such as TinkerTool System which has a function to rebuild the LaunchServices database.
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Re: Remove applications from 'Open With' dialog
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Jun 18, 2008 5:33 AM
in response to: warewolf55
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The command you ran "/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user" is for 10.4, it is not the correct command to rebuild LaunchServices in 10.5.
Launch /Utilities/Terminal and copy & paste this at the command line to rebuild LaunchServices:
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/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user
Then press return. Wait until terminal returns to the command line. Quit Terminal. After that, log out and back in or restart. That should solve it. Let us know
-mj
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Re: Remove applications from 'Open With' dialog
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Jun 18, 2008 5:38 AM
in response to: warewolf55
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Inside each application package is a file called info.plist. In that file is an array of CFBundleDocumentTypes. Among other things in that array are the file types that the program advertises that it will open. So, if you want to eliminate some programs from showing up in the list, you'll need to edit each info.plist file and remove the entries for that file type, and then rebuild the launchservices database.
You'll still be able to open files that you have removed from the info.plist, but they will not show up in the "Recommended Applications" or "Open With…"
I didn't do any searching for a utility that will make it easier.
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