Open with list question

I often download alot of docs that I end up using the OpenWith box. I see there are old versions of apps in this list is there a way that I can remove the older app versions from here so I have one version (the latest) to choose from?
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If you still have those older versions on your hard drive, I don't believe there's any way to remove them from that list. If you don't still have them, try rebuilding your launch services database:
http://www.tuaw.com/2009/06/11/terminal-tips-rebuild-your-launch-services-databa se-to-clean-up/

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    Hi -
    This may be a question for Apple because it is a uniquely Apple Finder problem.
    Or maybe some clever 3rd party Apple developer will take this on - because this is an Apple Finder problem (hint).
    Is there a way to shorten the "Open With" list that appears when I right-click on a file?
    Heres why this is important to me.
    1- I'm seeing multiple versions of the same app on the list, like Photoshop CS5, Photoshop CS5.1, Photoshop CS 5.5.  I can't think of any reason why I would ever want to use an older version of Photoshop.  And it's not only Photoshop or even Adobe products.
    2- I see incorrect apps being suggested.  If I right click on an Illustrator file I see that TextEdit is one of the choices.  I get Photoshop as an option to open HTML files.  I see BBEdit as an option to open JPEG files.  These are bizarre associations.  Why are they even on the list?
    3- With so many irrelevant choices the possibility of selecting the wrong application increases and doing so is a waste of time and resources.  Once I accidentally selected a text editor to open a JPEG.  After about 3 minutes of RAM-sucking processing I got a huge file of jibberish text characters that was thousands of lines long.  Waste of time!
    I KNOW I'm not the only one with this question. 
    Is there anyone out there with an answer???
    Thanks,
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    baltwo - thank you for the expert advice. 
    I did as you instructed and the situation is better but I don't believe it's solved. 
    I still get 3 versions of Photoshop when I right click on a PSD.  I also get Dashcode and Textwrangler - which are the oddest associations.  All together I get 25 apps responding to "Open With" on a PSD.  And this is an improvement.
    Do you think I would get even better results if I ran the same command again?
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  • Is there a way to remove items from "Open With" list?

    I have an interesting dilemma that I have not yet found an answer to in all of my internet/discussion forum searches.  Maybe I'm asking the wrong questions or searching in the wrong places, but I've given up and now have to post the question in hopes there's an answer out there.
    My issue is that whenever I want to use the "Open With" feature for an image/jpeg file, the list of choices is massive! Looking at it now, it lists over 30 applications, but at most I would only ever want to open this type of file in one of maybe four applications.
    Starting off, I used to have Parallels on my computer.  Have since purchased VMWare Fusion 4 and now use that as my virtual machine to run Windows for some of my design work.  As far as I know, I had removed ALL of Parallels from my computer when I uninstalled the app.  I followed all of the instructions in the uninstall process, but there seems to be something left behind.
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    Thanks!

    The Open With menu is built by LaunchServices which collects the information from each app as to what it says it can open. VMWare appears to be registering every app to open jpegs.
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  • How change the File Open With list of apps?

    In Bridge CS3, how does one edit the list of applications in the File > Open With menu (also available from the contextual menu for any image).
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  • Open with list

    Hello out there,
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  • Pages does not appear in the open with list

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    Hello
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