Clean up "open with" items

In finder, right clicking allows you to "open with..." but sometimes, it gives you the option to "Open with..." a piece of software that you have uninstalled. How can I clean this up? In prior OSX, you could edit a specific file (I think it was "LaunchServices") within Library/Preferences but that file does not exist in Lion. Thanks!

What makes you think the LaunchServices database is missing? AFAIK, this command should rebuild it:
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchSe rvices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user

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Open terminal and paste this:
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchSe rvices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user
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Steen

Maybe these will help:
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Open With Menu - How to fix Multiple Items (2)
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https://discussions.apple.com/message/21557102#21557102

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Hi, I've been using OS X for quite some time, but more recently cannot see how you do the following which is proving frustrating:
* Open Get Info for a file,
* Use the drop down under Open With to choose Other,
* Select an appropriate application that wasn't on the drop down list (in this case Smultron text editor for CSV files),
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So basically, how do I change all files with CSV extension to Smultron when Smultron wasn't in the list of Open With items and I have to use Other from the list. This is repeatable for any file type with any application that isn't listed and is on both my iMac and my work's MacBook. Try it yourself and you'll see what I mean!!
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Stuart Mchattie wrote:
Thanks NeroWolf,
Your solution does work for that single file, but doesn't change the system wide association of that file extension with a particular application. It is because this works that I believe the problem I am having is uncircumventable and is in fact a bug in the OS. Could anyone else confirm this?
Cheers,
Stuart
It might be a bug. What I found is that the icon does not change unless I log out/in or reboot, even when the app normally puts an icon on the file.
For example if I change an audio file to always open with VLC, it does even though the icon remains as before. However, even though clicking plays the audio with VLC, if I right click the file and select "Open With" it still says iTunes (app) default which is incorrect.
Message was edited by: nerowolfe

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Hello!
When I right-click (Control-click) on a file in the finder, and hover over the "Open With" item, it spools for a moment then comes up with a list of a bunch of applications. Unfortunately, many applications are listed twice (or more) times in this list. For example, if I do an "open with" on a PDF file, I see Photoshop Elements 4 listed 3 times, Adobe Reader listed twice, Safari listed twice, and then several other apps that I didn't realize even opened PDFs! I don't see Preview either.
I assume that this is a problem with the Launch Services database, but I don't know how to "rebuild" the database. Can anyone help out?
Thanks,
-Dan

HI Dan,
Try the following:
To reset Launch Services under Tiger
1. Quit all running applications.
2. Trash the following two files in the Macintosh HD > Library > Caches folder:
• com.apple.LaunchServices-0140.csstore
• com.apple.LaunchServices-014nnn.csstore
where nnn is the uid number, as listed in the NetInfo database, of the affected account. Type your Admin password if prompted to authenticate the deletion of these files.
3. Restart your Mac.
4. Log in to the affected account.
5. Empty the Trash.
Verify that the problem is solved. If not:
1. Trash the com.apple.LaunchServices.plist file in the Home > Library > Preferences folder of the affected account.
2. Repeat steps 1-5.
See if that helps... if not post back.
Carolyn

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Why I see Evernote.app item in my "Open with..." menu in the Finder multiple times? Any chance to remove it and keep it just once?
Thanks.

For those who are interested I have an article on how to clean up the Open With menu here [http://idoitonamac.blogspot.com/2014/03/keeping-open-with-menu-clean-on-os-x.htm l] and I also have made an application to perform all the tasks discussed in the article.
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thank you in advance.

Hi!
thanks for the response! I would be happy to find the root cause of this issue (or at least find and remove the data in the facility called Launch Services.
I have no additional binaries of Adobe Reader on the disk. One only.
I think there is some crufty data somewhere, which Launch Services is reading and hence displaying the erroneous menu item.
I suspect the Adobe Reader installer is somehow responsible for this. This was a clean and newly built system disk.
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As seen here: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305627
*Mac OS X: Clearing the Finder "Open With" contextual menu*
Ever wondered how to "clear" the Finder's Open With... contextual menu choices of any extraneous or older applications? (This is the menu that appears when you control-click or "right-click" a document icon.)
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You said that R_HKONT contains several ranges of account numbers. If these ranges cover a significant
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BSIS primary key.
Unfortunately R_HKONT contains all account numbers.
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Will look into this.
What about GSBER? Does the value in c_ZRL1 provide a rather small subset of the overall values? Then
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Photoscene

Photoscene-
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