Finder Locks Up on "Open With" command

Often, when I find a file in Finder that I want to open with a specific app, I right-click and mouse over "Open With" in the contextual menu. More than half the time I do that now, I get the beach ball and Finder locks up. I can't even force Finder to relaunch.
I've tried repairing disk permissions from the OS X install disk, but still no luck.

Do you have StuffIt Deluxe? More often than not problems with Finder like those you are having are caused by a contextual menu item installed by StuffIt. Take a look in
/Library/Contextual Menu Items
/Users/yourname/Library/Contextual Menu Items
See what you've got. If you have anything from StuffIt, remove it.
Francine
Francine
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