Control click to "open with"

Can anyone shed light as to where to find the file that contains the list of applications that come up when you Control Click an icon and select Open With?
When I do this I get a list with dozens of seemingly inappropriate and irrelevant apps (including .exe apps from who knows where). Can this list be edited?
Rob

Flyingdp wrote:
Can anyone shed light as to where to find the file that contains the list of applications that come up when you Control Click an icon and select Open With?
When I do this I get a list with dozens of seemingly inappropriate and irrelevant apps (including .exe apps from who knows where). Can this list be edited?
Rob
Do you or did you have a Windows drive connected to your machine or are you running Windows on it?
If so that would explain spotlight finding those exe files.
If you do, be sure you have them excluded from spotlight search and then follow VK's instructions.
FYI:
http://www.osxfaq.com/tips/unix-tricks/week100/wednesday.ws
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