Apple Event: May 7th at 7 am PT
I've looked at the possible answers that come up when I ask this question here, but none really fit my question.
I want to automate the Terminal command that cleans out obsolete entries in my right-click "Open with" menu, which I have to do often. Rather than copying the command each time I want it, then opening Terminal, pasting it in, etc., is there a way to automate this with Applescript? Thanks!
iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9)
Just want to make sure...it's OK to have the spaces before and after the last two lines here?
Yes, it is.
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It's probably something the editor here is doing, but there is still a space after "Launch Services" in what you posted. I'll remove that space before running the AS.
Niel, I appreciate the help, but this still isn't working and I don't want to bother you any further. This time I got the following error:
error "Finder got an error: Connection is invalid." number -609
...and again, the Finder killed everything on my desktop. Only way I could get it back was to run the following original command in Terminal:
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework//Versions/A/\
Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister \
-kill -r -domain local -domain user;
killall Finder
Add the following between the two tell lines:
delay 5
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To look exactly like this?
tell application "Finder" to quit
delay 5
tell application "Finder" to run
Yes.
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The applescript executed OK, but the desktop disappeard again. Waited a couple of minutes...nothing. Ran the following command in Termina and it came back.
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework//Versions/A/\
Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister \
-kill -r -domain local -domain user;
killall Finder
Hi, sorry to bother you, this is a different topic. I am a complete ignorant when it comes to running terminal. Only, i had troubles with pinch zoom a month ago, and after hours found a post here that told me to run a line in terminal (forgive the imprecise vocabulary), and it solved everything. Now, pinch doesnt work again, and after hours looking for that post, i couldn't find it, nor could i find another solution. I looked in my terminal history, and this is what i found
ipconfig /flushdns
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchSe rvices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user
(i can't remember if ipconfig /flushdns is part of what i typed)
the command i ran contained kill -r, and was used to reset the system that manages the pad if i remember correctly. Based on the text, is it possible to find out what the command i ran was, and then run it again?
Thanks a lot!
Using Applescript to execute a Terminal command
