Open With... How to Change List of Applications?

I installed Photoshop CS2 recently and now a whole slew of applications show up when I click on a jpg file and select "Open With..." I know how to change the default application for the files, but how do I remove applications from this list? I don't need to ever choose between 40 applications to open jpeg files - just a few. How can I pare down this list?
Thanks,
tommy

Then why don't you remove them yourself? Go to this page and download PropertyListEditor.dmg. It normally is incuded with the free XCode package from Apple.
Install the app in your Utilities folder and then you can edit plist files whenever you want.
Open com.apple.launchservices.plist and unfold the object tree. Now you can browse and delete objects. It is recommended you backup the file before messing with it.
You can also "Dump" the entire file, it might be faster to see what all is in it.

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