Remove applications from 'Open With' dialog

I have searched seemingly everywhere for an answer to this question. When I right click on an html file (or really any other file) and to go the 'open with' dialog there is a huge laundry list of applications listed. For the html files there are DivX converters, Big Bang games, etc.
How can I remove all of the applications that I know can not open an html file and others that I would never use to open those files either? I like the ability to easily open the file with different browsers but really dislike scrolling through 30 different applications to find them.
I have deleted the "com.apple.LaunchServices" file and rebooted.
I have run "/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Frameworks/LaunchServ ices.framework/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user" and rebooted.
Neither of these solutions are helping the problem at all. I even tried some Onyx program. Is there a way to "trim the fat" from that window?

The command you ran "/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Frameworks/LaunchServ ices.framework/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user" is for 10.4, it is not the correct command to rebuild LaunchServices in 10.5.
Launch /Utilities/Terminal and copy & paste this at the command line to rebuild LaunchServices:
Code:
<pre class="alt2" style="margin:0px; padding:3px; border:1px inset; width:640px; height:34px; overflow:auto">/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchSe rvices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user</pre>
Then press return. Wait until terminal returns to the command line. Quit Terminal. After that, log out and back in or restart. That should solve it. Let us know
-mj

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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.
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enter and wait the prompt
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