I'm running the latest version of OSX 10 Mountain Lion… the contextual menu 'open with' section shows multiple instances of the same programs, sometimes 6 or 8 of them. How can I rebuild the menu so that it shows only one copy of each program?
Rebuild LaunchServices Database
Open the Terminal application in your Utilities folder. At the prompt paste in the following command in its entirety:
find /System/Library/Frameworks -type f -name "lsregister" -exec {} -kill -seed -r \;
Press RETURN. Wait for the Terminal prompt to return after which you can quit the Terminal.
Rebuild LaunchServices Database
Open the Terminal application in your Utilities folder. At the prompt paste in the following command in its entirety:
find /System/Library/Frameworks -type f -name "lsregister" -exec {} -kill -seed -r \;
Press RETURN. Wait for the Terminal prompt to return after which you can quit the Terminal.
how do I rebuild the 'open with' contextual menus?
