Repairing Launch Services Database

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Repairing Launch Services Database

I had a problem embedding an html e-mail in Apple Mail. Safari could not locate Apple Mail. The default e-mail reader was set to Mail. But when I reselect it worked fine.

V.K. suggested that the launch services database was the problem. Is it something that needs repairing and if so, how does one repair it?

Will this also fix the problem I have with EPS files not opening up in the correct parent application (Photoshop versus Illustrator)?

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Posted on Sep 10, 2009 7:54 PM

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Answer 1

Sep 10, 2009 8:02 PM in response to Suzan B.

Suzan B. wrote:
I had a problem embedding an html e-mail in Apple Mail. Safari could not locate Apple Mail. The default e-mail reader was set to Mail. But when I reselect it worked fine.

V.K. suggested that the launch services database was the problem. Is it something that needs repairing and if so, how does one repair it?

Try this advice:

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20031215144430486

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Answer 2

V.K.

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Sep 10, 2009 9:17 PM in response to Suzan B.

I think I told you that you were fine in the other thread.

you can rebuild launch services database using the following terminal command


/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user

but it will not change the default application set to open a certain file type. to do that select and eps file and enter command+i. in the resulting popup go to the "open with" section and select the application you want to open it with. then click "change all".

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