Duplicate programs in "Open With" menu

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Duplicate programs in "Open With" menu

How can I clean up the menu that shows when I right click and choose "Open With". I have duplicate programs (for example VLC shows twice). Any way to fix this?

iMac 20" 2.4 Ghz & PowerBook G4 1.5 Ghz, Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Posted on Mar 8, 2010 9:32 AM

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Answer 1

V.K.

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Mar 8, 2010 9:36 AM in response to bonfire99

Try rebuilding your launch services database.
run 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

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Answer 2

closurdo

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Mar 24, 2010 6:56 AM in response to V.K.

Even though I didn't ask the original question thanks for posting this solution - worked perfectly.

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