Is there a way to get the old functionality back to contextual menus?

Question

hi there, since my first post seems to be deleted, i try again.
in systems prior to 10.5, i could access a custom contextual item (including automator workflows) in the finder with a simple ctrl-click on a file and then select the item in in the pop-up menu.
now in 10.5 i ctrl-click on a file, then in the pop-up i have tio select "more" and then select the item i want.
this is very annoying if you use these items a lot.
is there a way around this ?

Answer 1

Non-Finder contextual menu's are in "More" for a reason. Go to any one of the Mac help sites/forums (including this one) and you'll see TONS of posts about the Finder SPOD'ing when the user control-clicks somewhere. The culprit is ALWAYS a poorly written third party contextual menu that the user has added to their system (often without their knowledge as a side effect of some app they installed). To alleviate this problem, Apple moved all non-Finder contextual menu's to "More".
While its not the best solution for those who use third party contextual menus all the time (the minority of users), it is the best solution for the majority of users who rarely use third party contextual menus.