My right-click "Open With" menu has a MILLION things in it, most of which are duplicates of one another. Is there a way to reset it or to clean it up? Thanks!!
I'm pretty sure some sy7stem utilities like Onxy have an option to reset the "Open With" database, but I always do it in the terminal with the following;
/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister \\ -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user
Do you have another drive mounted, possibly with a backup of your HD, so that you Application folder is present twice when the database is being recreated?
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I'm pretty sure some sy7stem utilities like Onxy have an option to reset the "Open With" database, but I always do it in the terminal with the following;
/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister \\ -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user
(the above is all one line)
Hope this helps
DigiH
i tried that terminal command and i tried OnyX.
for some reason, there are exactly two of every "open with" option.
clearly, its not a big deal, but i do find it very odd...
Philip
there isnt just a list somewhere that i can edit for the "open with" menu?
philip