Can I clear the "open with" list

I now have the Adobe suite from 4-CC showing up on my "open with" list and it's annoying to say the least...can I clear it and if so how?

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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,
JL

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?
Thanks again.
JL

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how I resolve that?
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Yeah it's an annoyance.
Trashing the two "com.apple.LaunchServices-xxxxx.csstore" files (and a restart) should set the Open With menu to it's default
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How can I shorten the "Open With" menu?

Hi -
When I Control-Click on a file, say one with an HTML extension, and move down to "Open with" I see a list of about 24 apps - only 4 of which are of interest to me for opening this HTML file. If I right-click an XML file - the apps I'm looking for are either Dreamweaver or BBEdit - and they are way down the list of candidates.
PSD files give me the same unweildy results. (I've got old versions of Photoshop, Flash, Dashcode, Quicktime, Illustrator and many more on that contextual list - all apps irrelevant for my work on PSD).
I tried using "Get Info" on a PSD, selected the latest Photoshop from the list of "Open with:" and clicked "Change All..." but that didn't narrow down the list very much at all - not even on that one particular file. I still have TextWrangler, Quicktime Player 7, Dashcode, ColorSync Utility, 3 old versions of Photoshop, 3 old versions of Illustrator to name just a few apps that I wouldn't pick.
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I'm sure this is stored in some .plist file somewhere, but this is really more a generic Mac question, so asking it on a Mac forum is more likely to yield any answers...
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Any help?

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