Launch Services can't find app

I have installed the program Macspice which has the ability to set the text editor helper application via the bundle code. However, when the edit command is used in Macspice, the error message "launch services can't find app textedit" appears. Does the code need to be entered manually somewhere? I have already tried resetting launch services per an article by Dr. Smoke to no avail. I am, of course, a new Mac user and would appreciate any help. Thanks.

Hi, mloggins. Welcome to the Discussions.
I presume you are referring to my "Resetting Launch Services" FAQ.
This sounds like an issue with Macspice, not Launch Services. I suggest you contact the developer.
I presume you're running the Universal Binary of Macspice and that you have TextEdit installed in the Applications folder where it should be. If you moved TextEdit.app, put it back in /Applications.
One thought: If you provided the name of the text editor by typing it, vs. selecting it from an open/save-type dialog, be sure to type TextEdit or TextEdit.app or /Applications/TextEdit.app (full path) and not textedit as UNIX is case-sensitive.
Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
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