Multiple entries in context menu

Hi,
when right click on a file to open with a programm, the context menu shows multiple entries for some apps. My question is now how to put away multiple entries?
Best regards,
Thomas

If you are speaking of the "open with" list having multiple application entries, if could be caused by a couple of things.
1) The entries could not actually be "duplicates", but essentiially are to you, as you only want one. If you have or have had more than one version of an application, the menu will list all versions of that app that are/were ever detected.
2) The list could be populated with duplicates that the system detected when either networking with another Mac, or accessing a cloned drive of your system. If this is the case, you need to rebuild the database that is serving up these duplicates.
Resetting the 'Open With' Menu
Resetting the 'Open With' menu will remove duplicates and ghost applications (ones you have deleted) from the list. You reset the 'Open With' menu by rebuilding the Launch Services database your Mac maintains. There are multiple ways to rebuild the Launch Services database, including third-party system utilities like Cocktail and Onxy.
If you don't own a system utility that can rebuild the Launch Services database, don't worry; you can perform the rebuild yourself using Terminal.
Using Terminal to Rebuild the Launch Services Database
Launch Terminal, located at /Applications/ Utilities/.
For OS X 10.5.x and later, enter the following at the Terminal prompt, and press enter:
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/LaunchServices.fram ework/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user

Similar Messages

Finder doesn't show "Services" entry in context menu

Hi.
When I right click on anything in Finder using my account, I see a "Dienste" (Services?) submenu in the context menu.
[|http://min.us/ljJvTU]
From this submenu, I can also easily create new "Services" or Automator workflows.
When I use the account of my wife on this system, the submenu isn't there.
How do I get it to show up?
Thanks,
Alexander

You know, I was just fooling around with my Services, because I noticed several services I didn't want had appeared, so I went into Keyboard Shortcuts to turn them off. When I finished rather to my surprise the Services fly-out menu had disappeared! What was there instead were the 3 or 4 (depending on where I was when I right clicked) things that I actually sometimes do! Went back and turned on a couple of more Services (I did have to relaunch Finder to get some to activate), and the contextual menu was back to displaying Services with a flyout menu, which contained more than four items. So it looks like the following is the way it works:
1. If no service applies, there is no Services section in the Contextual menu
2. If there are 4 or fewer services that apply, the individaul services are listed in the menu
3. If there are more than 4 services that apply you get the Services entry with a flyout menu
I had thought that at some point I had had my services listed right there at the bottom of the contextual menu, but lately I was getting the Services fly-out, and thought perhaps I was confused. Glad to find out I remembered correctly!
Francine
Francine
Schwieder

How to remove multiple Unarchivers from Context menu

Hi,
I am running Mountain Lion on a late 2011 MBP. Every time I upgrade Unarchiver, it creates a new line item in the context menu. How can I get rid of all but the latest one and how can I prevent this from happening? This seems to be a problem with Unarchiver only, the other Apps don't have this issue. Screenshot attached for reference.
Thanks in advance for your time.
Abhijit

That's LaunchServices. These are only cache files but can get corrupted. Launch /Utilities/Terminal and copy & paste this at the command line to rebuild LaunchServices: (be sure to copy the entire line it's a scroll)
Code:
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user
Then press return. Wait until terminal returns to the command line. Quit Terminal. After that, log out and back in or restart. Let us know.
Or, use the free utiltiy OnyX to do the same via gui
EDIT: Actually the issue may be with the way unarchiver code is written and LauchServices is doing it's job correctly. But it can't hurt to see.

Enhance Context Menu Attributes in WAD

Hi All,
Iam trying to enhance the context menu properties (like including a select filter value using MENU_SELECT_FILTER)of the Web Application in WAD but when enter this in the HTML and give a value to it in the Template Properties Object tag its not getting saved when i try to execute it the command is getting erased. could any one let me know whether iam including the attribut in between the right object tag. i would really appreciate where i need to correct.
Thanks,
Padma

hi Padma,
if you want to include select filter value in enhanced menu, the tag is like following
<object>
         <param name="OWNER" value="SAP_BW"/>
         <param name="CMD" value="SET_PROPERTIES"/>
         <param name="TEMPLATE_ID" value=""/>
         <param name="MENU_SELECT_FILTER" value="E"/>
         TEMPLATE PROPERTIES
</object>
or you can set from web template properties, tab 'web item', section 'entries in context menu' -> 'select filter value', choose option 'enhanced menu'.
if you want to add menu, sample tag
<object> <param name="OWNER" value="SAP_BW"> <param name="CMD" value="SET_PROPERTIES"> <param name="TEMPLATE_ID" value="ZGDCONTEXTMENU"> <param name="CMENU_LABEL_1" value="Search_Google"> <param name="CMENU_FUNCTION_1" value="myMenuProcessor"> <param name="CMENU_PARAMETER_1" value="1"> <param name="CMENU_CELL_TYPE_1" value="CHARACTERISTIC_VALUE"> <param name="CMENU_FILTER_1" value="0D_SOLD_TO"> <param name="CMENU_VISIBILITY_1" value="X"> <param name="CMENU_POSITION_1" value="BOTTOM"> <param name="CMENU_LABEL_2" value="Help@SAP"> <param name="CMENU_FUNCTION_2" value="myMenuProcessor"> <param name="CMENU_PARAMETER_2" value="2"> <param name="CMENU_CELL_TYPE_2" value=""> <param name="CMENU_FILTER_2" value=""> <param name="CMENU_VISIBILITY_2" value="X"> <param name="CMENU_POSITION_2" value="BOTTOM"> TEMPLATE PROPERTIES </object>
hope this helps.

CFMCPopupMenu is shown multiple times if the menu key (VK_APPS) is pressed multiple times

Hello,
I have a problem with the CFMCPopupMenu in a Visual Studio Professional 2013 Update 4 created MFC DLL (Regular DLL using shared MFC DLL) and in a dialog based MFC application (others I didn't test - maybe in an SDI application too).
If the menu key (VK_APPS) is pressed multiple times, the context menu is created and shown multiple times.
When pressing the Alt (VK_MENU) key or clicking with the mouse buttons the menu is not shown multiple times.
It seems to be bug in CDialogImpl::PreTranslateMessage case WM_CONTEXTMENU where it is tested if a popup menu is already shown
and if there is an active popup menu this popup menu is closed, but only if the pMsg->wParam == VK_MENU.
The problem occurs in a dialog based MFC application and in dialog's in regular DLL's.
In case of MFC MDI applications the problem does not occur,
because in the CFrameImpl::ProcessKeyboard the key is passed to the popup menu for processing pActivePopupMenu->SendMessage(WM_KEYDOWN, nKey); and eaten up.
You can reproduce the problem in the following way:
1. Create a dialog based MFC application with the Visual Studio 2013 wizard.
2. Add a menu IDR_MENU1 to the resource.
3. Add a ON_WM_CONTEXTMENU / OnContextMenu message handler to the dialog.
4. Insert the following code into the OnContextMenu handler of the dialog:
_ASSERT(!CMFCPopupMenu::GetSafeActivePopupMenu());
CMenu m;
m.LoadMenu(IDR_MENU1);
CMFCPopupMenu* pPopupMenu = new CMFCPopupMenu;
pPopupMenu->SetAutoDestroy(FALSE);
VERIFY(pPopupMenu->Create(this, 100, 100, m.GetSafeHmenu(), TRUE, TRUE));
5. Compile and start the application and press the Menu Key (VK_APPS) multiple times.
-> You run into the ASSERT.
If you press the Alt-Key or left click with the mouse multiple times all is fine.
You can also add a tracepoint in the constructor and destructor to see that the CMFCPopup menu is created multiple times if the Menu-Key is pressed.
Kind regards,
Andreas.
Andreas

Hi Andreas,
Thanks for posting in MSDN forum.
Yes, I can reproduce this issue on my side. After look into the afxdialogimpl.cpp and afxframeimpl.cpp file, It really is a issue in the dialog message translate. I have no workaround to avoid this. But maybe we can try to use
CMenu class and handle WM_RBUTTONDOWN message instead of WM_CONTEXTMENU.
void CMFCPopupMenuTestDlg::OnRButtonDown(UINT nFlags, CPoint point)
// TODO: Add your message handler code here and/or call default
CMenu menu;
VERIFY(menu.LoadMenu(IDR_MENU1)); //IDR_MENU_POPUP是新建菜单ID
CMenu* popup=menu.GetSubMenu(0);
ClientToScreen(&point);
popup->TrackPopupMenu(TPM_LEFTALIGN|TPM_RIGHTBUTTON, point.x, point.y, this );
CDialogEx::OnRButtonDown(nFlags, point);
By using this, we can avoid the VK_APP message caused multi pop up menu.
Also have you tried submit this issue to Microsoft connect?
https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio
Best regards,
Shu Hu
We are trying to better understand customer views on social support experience, so your participation in this interview project would be greatly appreciated if you have time. Thanks for helping make community forums a great place.
Click
HERE to participate the survey.

How do I fix the right-click context menu; it has blank entries and shows no selectable options?

recently I have noticed that my right-click context menu looks like it has no entries. It shows up on a right-click, but the whole menu is blank. On further investigation there are scroll buttons on the top and bottom of the menu and if I hover over the up buttom eventually the normal context commands scroll down from above. I noticed this first a few days ago, shortly after the download of 3.6.13. Today I also noticed that some of my menu bars were showing a similar issue with blank entries in the menus. In one case the menu also didn't register where the mouse was, highlighting a command several steps further up.
Is this something to do with the new Mozilla or something else? I only run a couple of addons, Ad Block Plus and Tab Mix Plus. Can try to capture a screen shot of the issue, but difficult since the menu dissapears when I try to do a screen grab!
All help is much appreciated.

Hi, thanks for the quick response!
While trying to find info on how to fix this I looked up some context menu addons for FF and tried one. It didn't work so I uninstalled it and after that everything was back to normal. Odd, but there you have it. I still don't know what went wrong in the first place but for the moment it appears to have cleared up.
Next time though I will try loading into Safe Mode if I find any issues (I forgot there was one!).
Thanks for getting back to me again.
GC

Is it possible to create a hyperlink in a context menu entry?

We use Altium Designer, which export schematics to PDF.
For the parameters it uses the context menu of the pdf specs.
One entry in the menu is a path to a document.
Is it possible to get an hyperlink to this Path/URL, to open it directly out of the Adobe Reader XI?
In the current output it is not possible.
What must be done in the PDF definition to realize the hyperlink?
best regards
Silvio Kilz

Are you using JavaScript to create this menu? If so then you can expand your code to open a file (or a web-link) based on the user's selection.

Bug: Context menu operations on multiple selection of uix-nodes do not work

Hi,
when i select multiple .uix files in the navigator and then chose "Check XML Syntax", "Validate" or "Auto Indent XML" from the context menu, the selected operation is only done for the first file in the selection.
This is a nice Bug because this works for Make and Rebuild context menuitems, even if those items display the filename even for multiple selection ("Make AFile.uix).
Would be nice if those operations would work on the "HTML Sources" node or a subfolder.
Regards, Markus

thanks. we'll try to fix this in an upcoming release.

How to display current context while opening a todo entry from main menu

Hi,
I want to display the current context(account,sp details for customer) while opening a todo entry from main menu while searching through To do entry id.
Can any body guide me on this ?
Thanx.
Sunil

I am sorry that I didn't get back to all you guys that took to answering my very promptly. Unfortunately I was not in a position to answer to the suggestions made. as I was away from my computer which had Robohelp on.
Anyway, I did try a couple of scripts mentioned, but didn't really have any success i achieving what I need to do.
I set up a redirect which redirected to the main home page. I tried setting the home page in a main sub-project - so the redirect when from any sub project
Generate
     Master-project.htm (Home Page = Help_Welcome.htm)
merged Projects
SubProject1
            [Home Page = home_redirect.htm (a redirect see below) ]
     SubProject 2
            [Home Page = home_redirect.htm (a redirect see below) ]
     SubProject 3
            [Home Page = home_redirect.htm (a redirect see below) ]
home_redirect.htm (a redirect use by sub-topics)

//]]></script>
This setup works fine as long as I call the master page. The TOC is as I would want. However if I call an ID from my application I get the required page to display and I can get the TOC to show. The problem is that the TOC is from the current sub-project and not the master project as I would want.

Convert SVG to FXML (no context menu entry)

Hello,
I have the following problem:
I want to convert some simple SVG Files to FXML. I've read that there should be an entry to convert it to FXML in the context menu in eclipse, if have .svg files in your project folder. But unfortunately this entry does not show up in my eclipse IDE.
I'm using eclipse 4.4.0 (downloaded the all in one e(fx)clipse distribution).
And additionally: Is there a way, I could convert the SVGs externally?
I've located the org.eclipse.fx.formats.svg_1.2.0.201501310702.jar file under the plugins folder, but I don't know If or how I could use it to convert a SVG file.
Would be really great, if someone could help me.
Greetings, Kai

On 02.07.15 16:51, Kai Leistner wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have the following problem:
>
> I want to convert some simple SVG Files to FXML. I've read that there
> should be an entry to convert it to FXML in the context menu in eclipse,
> if have .svg files in your project folder. But unfortunately this entry
> does not show up in my eclipse IDE.
>
> I'm using eclipse 4.4.0 (downloaded the all in one e(fx)clipse
> distribution).
This works for me (I'm on Mars with e(fx)clipse 2.0 installed) -
updateing the all in one downloads is still on my list to fix this week.
>
> And additionally: Is there a way, I could convert the SVGs externally?
> I've located the org.eclipse.fx.formats.svg_1.2.0.201501310702.jar file
> under the plugins folder, but I don't know If or how I could use it to
> convert a SVG file.
We don't ship the svg2fxml tool anymore. You are welcome to file a
bugzilla and request us to bring it back.
Tom

Multiple entries in Finder "Window" menu

A relative is running 10.4 on an iMac. The "Window" menu in the Finder has multiple entries with the name of her computer (e.g., "Mary's Computer"). There are no windows visible, and clicking on any of the entries or on "Bring All to front" does nothing. She thinks that a new entry appears in the menu every time she starts up.
I'm trying to help her sort this out. Any suggestions?
Thanks.

Drag these two files to the Desktop for safe keeping, then reboot...
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist
The other one involves invisible files lik .DS_Store, do you want instructions for ridding them?

Contextual menu in finder "open with" has multiple entries of same apps

When I use the contextual menu (right click) on documents, the menu point "open with..." shows multiple entries of the same programs. For example when right clicking a PDF, there appears 5 times neoOffice, 2 times Preview, 6 times ... any other application that you could use to open the document. This occurs on all user accounts, only that the multiplicity of listings of the apps is different. So it can't be a preferences problem on my account. What else could be the cause?
This is quite annoying because the apps-list becomes very long and unusable.
Note: I have 2 internal start up disks with OS and apps installed, but only one mounted. That means, there cannot be a duplicate (triplicate...etc) copy of any app accessible at any time.
Thanks.

if I quit all running applications, it will be pretty hard to put anything in the Trash!
Are you being literal? Like quitting the Finder too? Or what bespeaks you?
Actually, I use Xupport to do that, but I think Onyx and several other Utilities include that option.

Context Menu in WAD - disable the data entry active entries

Hi,
I have the following problem. We created an input ready query and brought this query via WAD into the portal. Inside the Web Template we have a SAVE Button and a Button activation the Data Entry possibility. Now when executing the Web Template, the user can save the data via the context menu (we have the steps "Data Entry Active -> Active | Save Changed Data | Reset Changed Data | Update ). Now we want to suppress these funcitonality, because using the SAVE button the systems starts a planning sequence for checking entries and a process chain with special funcition. The users must use the button, because the save function in the context menu does not execute the planning functions.
Maintaining the Web Template via WAD I don't have the possibility to disable these menu entries. If I disable all menu entries in the context menu web item, executing the Web Template displays only the Data Entry Active Menu . How can I suppress these special entries of the context menu, because I want to use other entries of the context menu and I don't want to suppress the context menu in total (I know that this is possible.)
Thanks in advance.
Juergen

Hi,
we have the same problem. I have found the following solution:
Use the following parameters for the context menu item to suppress the data entry active entries.
                <bi:CONTEXT_MENU_ITEM name="CONTEXT_MENU_ITEM_1" designheight="70" designwidth="300" >
                    <bi:MENU_CELL_LOCKING value="" />
                    <bi:MENU_VALUE_RESET value="" />
                    <bi:MENU_DATA_ENTRY_MODE value="" />
                    <bi:MENU_REFRESH_DATA value="" />
                    <bi:MENU_SAVE_DATA value="" />
                    <bi:MENU_RESET_DATA value="" />
                </bi:CONTEXT_MENU_ITEM>
It works for us.
Regards,
Benjamin

How to ge rid of 'Enhanced menu (web context menu) entry?

Hi all,
Though showing ALL needed web context menu items (main properties of web template) the 'Enhanced menu' entry is still showing.
Did someone ever try to take it off?
Rgrds,
Mark

Hi Mark,
You need select "No Display"
1 Goto VIEW Main Menu
2 Select Properties
3 Select the Relevant Report Name in Properties Widnow
4 And goto WebItem TAB find out "Enhanced Menu" And give "NO Display"
If u satisfy with this answer, pls give relevant points by clicking yellow button side

Control BEx Analysis Grid context menu entries via VBA

Hey Forum,
I have kind of a tricky question for you. I want to control BEx Analysis Grid context menu entries via VBA, namely the Expand Hierarchy Node function when I right click on a Hierarchy node entry.
Does anyone know how to access this function via VBA?
I also thought about adding a BEx button and access it via VBA but I am lacking the correct Button Parameters to expand/collapse a hierarchy node.
Anyone has a tipp for me?
Thanks,
R.

Hello, DDrazdou and All too
Did you have any information about requested function?
I need to call binded transaction in R\3, and meanwhile, I just write wrapping functional module in the R\3, and making RFC call from VBA...
It seems to work fine, but may be the better(standart) way is posible.
with best regards, Alex.

Multiple entries in context menu

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for