How can I remove some of the "Open With" programs?

Hey folks,
Quick simple question - how can I remove all certain programs that I do want to associate with certain files?
For example - all my images I want the default to always be the "Preview" and i want it to give me the option for "Fireworks" and "Photoshop" - but my case is that aall these programs are associated to my images files.. click the link to view a screenshot I did... I did a red circle to show you guys what im talkin about.
http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/6711/macstuffse0.jpg
Thanks for your help,
my best,
Joey Dee

Hey Steve,
Thanks for the reply, appreciate it mate. I tried what was suggested, went into my finder typed "terminal" and opened the terminal program. And i inserted this line
sudo /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Frameworks/LaunchServi ces.framework/Support/lsregister -kill -r -f -dump -domain local -domain system -domain user
press "enter" and typed my password and pressed "enter" waited a few seconds it did something a whole list of stuff and I closed the terminal and restarted my MAC and I still see the same list of apps when i click file OPEN WITH....
Im not sure why it's not doing what it's supposed to do, could I be doing (or missing something) wrong? - appreciate your help.
Thanks mate,
Joey

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