Multiple instances of programs appear with "Open With" in Finder

When I right click on an item in Finder, and go to Open With, I'm getting multiple instances of programs (screen capture below). How can I fix this?
This just started, and I recently started using Carbon Copy Cloner to back up my drives (my iMac has two internal drives, an SSB 256 GB hard drive and a standard 2 TB hard drive). But I have CCC set to dismount the drives after each backup, and the extra instances of programs are still there even when the drives are properly dismounted.

That's LaunchServices. These are only cache files but can get corrupted. Launch /Utilities/Terminal and copy & paste this at the prompt 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

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When I control-click an AI file on my desktop, or some graphic, I do not see any Adobe applications like Illustrator and Photoshop as available options UNLESS those applications are already open. I end up having to dig deep under "Other" everytime to find the applications. I don't have this problem with other applications. This began when I installed CS5 recently. How do I get Illustrator, Photoshop, etc.. to appear under "Open With" automatically? I have already tried to do an "always open with for all files of this type" but that does not get saved after I shut down. It always defaults back to preview.
What is the remedy? I would think solving the first problem bolded above should solve the second automatically.

Have a look at this...
Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions...
Reset Launch Services...
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/resetlaunchservices.html#Anchor-Reset-47857
Reboot.
PS. Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive.

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I was wondering if there might be a way to get a direct link to Adobe Camera Raw to appear in "Open With" drop down menu along with the other choices?

I would think you'd just need to select the Adobe Application you're using... whichever that one is, then the APP would know what to do with RAW.
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Running multiple instances of program at same time problems

I have a c++ program that uses BerkeleyDB 4.8.26 with transactions. Program works well, and I can run multiple instances of program and they cooperate on database very well. Problem arises when I run a small test program that runs 10 instances of the same program at same time.
Test program opens database with transactions, it does some database reads and writes and quits. This test is run in 10 instances of the same program at the same time. Some instances run and finish well, other instances end up with some of these errors:
unable to allocate memory for the lock table
PANIC: Cannot allocate memory
Error opening environment: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
another with:
db_files/__db.001: No such file or directory
db_files: No such file or directory
Error opening environment: Invalid argument
others with this one:
Log file corrupt at LSN: [1][84474]
fileops: close db_files/log.0000000001
PANIC: Invalid argument
unable to join the environment
db_files: No such file or directory
Error opening environment: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
I don't understand reason of this error, as I thought (and read) that BerkeleyDB should be able to handle multiple instances accessing database and is thread-safe.
I tried to run the test on both NFS and local disk drive with same results.
Is there anyone with ide what could be causing this problem ? My platform is x86_64 GNU/Linux 2.6.18-164.el5
Edited by: Miro Janosik on 21.9.2010 22:42

If there is someone who would like to look at this problem I'd like to show you program log files with verbose output turned on. There are 11 log files in the archive: http://bin.mypage.sk/FILES/log.rar
Log files that end up with lines like this one below mean that program finished running ok:
4000|0 4 20100922 07:07:24.094 20100922 07:07:24.094 FLOW_CMD
Here below is output from one of log files:
FilePersistentStorage::open() start
FilePersistentStorage::open() ReadDir
FilePersistentStorage::open() db_env_create
FilePersistentStorage::open() db_env_create ok
FilePersistentStorage::open() set cachesize
FilePersistentStorage::open() set_tx_max
FilePersistentStorage::open() set_timeout
FilePersistentStorage::open() set_lk_detect
FilePersistentStorage::open() exists homedir?
envp->open
FilePersistentStorage::open() envp->open
fileops: stat /var/tmp
fileops: open db_files/__db.rep.init
fileops: close db_files/__db.rep.init
fileops: open db_files/__db.001
fileops: close db_files/__db.001
fileops: open db_files/__db.001
fileops: mmap db_files/__db.001
fileops: close db_files/__db.001
unable to join the environment
fileops: directory list db_files
fileops: unlink db_files/__db.005
fileops: unlink db_files/__db.004
fileops: unlink db_files/__db.003
fileops: unlink db_files/__db.002
fileops: unlink db_files/__db.001
fileops: open db_files/__db.001
fileops: open db_files/__db.001
fileops: read db_files/log.0000000001: 12 bytes at offset 371
Finding last valid log LSN: file: 1 offset 371
fileops: close db_files/log.0000000001
fileops: open db_files/__db.005
fileops: seek db_files/__db.005 to 794624
fileops: write db_files/__db.005: 8192 bytes
fileops: mmap db_files/__db.005
fileops: close db_files/__db.005
fileops: open db_files/__db.006
fileops: seek db_files/__db.006 to 376832
fileops: write db_files/__db.006: 8192 bytes
fileops: mmap db_files/__db.006
fileops: close db_files/__db.006
fileops: open db_files/log.0000000001
fileops: read db_files/log.0000000001: 12 bytes at offset 335
fileops: read db_files/log.0000000001: 371 bytes at offset 0
fileops: directory list db_files
fileops: open db_files/log.0000000001
fileops: read db_files/log.0000000001: 28 bytes
fileops: close db_files/log.0000000001
Recovery starting from [1][243]
fileops: close db_files/log.0000000001
fileops: open db_files/log.0000000001
fileops: read db_files/log.0000000001: 28 bytes
fileops: write db_files/log.0000000001: 92 bytes at offset 371
fileops: flush db_files/log.0000000001
fileops: close db_files/log.0000000001
fileops: open db_files/log.0000000002
fileops: close db_files/log.0000000002
fileops: open db_files/log.00002
fileops: close db_files/log.00002
fileops: open db_files/log.0000000001
fileops: seek db_files/log.0000000001 to 463
fileops: write db_files/log.0000000001: 4096 bytes
fileops: write db_files/log.0000000001: 4096 bytes
fileops: write db_files/log.0000000001: 4096 bytes
fileops: write db_files/log.0000000001: 4096 bytes
fileops: write db_files/log.0000000001: 3633 bytes
fileops: close db_files/log.0000000001
Recovery complete at Wed Sep 22 07:07:23 2010
Maximum transaction ID 80000002 Recovery checkpoint [1][371]
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FilePersistentStorage::open() lock_detect
rejected locks count: 0
db_create
dbp->open
fileops: stat db_files/test_aaps.db
fileops: stat db_files/test_aaps.db
fileops: stat db_files/__db.80000001.d9f23b56
fileops: open db_files/log.0000000001
fileops: read db_files/log.0000000001: 28 bytes
fileops: write db_files/log.0000000001: 67 bytes at offset 463
fileops: flush db_files/log.0000000001
fileops: open db_files/__db.80000001.d9f23b56
fileops: stat db_files/__db.80000001.d9f23b56
fileops: seek db_files/__db.80000001.d9f23b56 to 0
fileops: write db_files/__db.80000001.d9f23b56: 4096 bytes
fileops: seek db_files/__db.80000001.d9f23b56 to 4096
fileops: write db_files/__db.80000001.d9f23b56: 4096 bytes
fileops: flush db_files/__db.80000001.d9f23b56
fileops: close db_files/__db.80000001.d9f23b56
fileops: stat db_files/test_aaps.db
fileops: stat db_files/__db.80000001.d9f23b56
fileops: unlink db_files/__db.80000001.d9f23b56
fileops: open db_files/log.0000000001
fileops: read db_files/log.0000000001: 12 bytes at offset 463
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DB_TXN->abort: log undo failed for LSN: 1 463: Input/output error
fileops: close db_files/log.0000000001
PANIC: Input/output error
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fileops: read db_files/log.0000000001: 12 bytes at offset 463
PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
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DB_TXN->abort: log undo failed for LSN: 1 463: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
fileops: close db_files/log.0000000001
PANIC: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
PANIC: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
dbp->open end
dbp->close
PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
envp->close
File handles still open at environment close
Open file handle: db_files/log.0000000001
fileops: close db_files/log.0000000001
PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
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environment close failed:

"you can not use multiple instance of Program at the same time"

Hello @ all,
I have a Problem, after the installing from Acrobat Testversion and acrobat reader in version in "all Combination" 8 an 9.
I get this misstake information "you can not use multiple instance of Program at the same time" if I want open more then 1 .pdf.
If I have no pdf open, but acrobat/reader so i can´t open with the same Misstake.
I have deinstalled and installed, Allways I bekame the same information. I tryed all things to clean and know i don`t know forward.
Important: by Drag an Drop in the Acrobat Reader it is going, but by direct click on the pdf i get mistake.
Maybe, you know what I can do!
Thanks for help!

Installation of both Acrobat and Reader in the same Windows machine is not advisable. If I were you, I would remove both completely and then reinstall the one you want to keep.

Issue with 'open with' bridge cc

hey all,
i've searched and all the discussions that 'start' with a similar question, get diverted, or people who are 'trying' to help don't really read the question, so here i hope to make is clear so the correct answer will be provided.
specs - windows 8, adobe cc suite (all updated), mainly use pshop, ai, acrobat, lightroom, dw.
BUT i have pshop and ai cs6 STILL installed, because a couple filters / plugins (nik) didn't work on CC when it was initially released. so now nik (google) is all happy with CC so i uninstalled pshop / ai cs6. but now in bridgeCC when i right click on an icon / file i'm given only one 'open with' option. so if it's a pdf that i want to open with pshop or illustrator, it shows the default 'adobe acrobat' to open with, which is correct, but i used to get the option of acrobat / pshopCC / illustratorCC but now only acrobat.
i KNOW i can go to bridgeCC preferences and change the default to something other than acrobat but then it won't give me acrobat anymore. i want the old options of having a CHOICE as the pdf may be best edited in illustrator or pshop.
even when going to bridge FILE>OPEN WITH it only gives one option.
thinking it may have been that i uninstalled pshop / ai cs6, i then uninstalled bridgeCC and redownloaded but it still gave me only one option on 'open with'
this was caused by UNINSTALLING pshop cs6 and ai cs6. i know this as fact because i did a system restore and the options came back. but since i'm not using pshop / ai cs6 anymore, i would like to uninstall them to as i'm not using them.
i've seen other people with this issue but the answer is never clear or gets sidetracked to a regedit issue, which i don't believe is true as when i right click on a file in windows explorer i can do PROPERTIES and change the associate file with but to be clear in BRIDGE CC i want MULTIPLE OPTIONS of programs / apps to open a file with.
hope this makes sense and thanks in advance.

You can add anything you want via scripting, here is an example of setting up Photoshop CS5, Photoshop CS6 and Illustrator CS6 to OpenWith.
Save the script as PLAIN text and save it with a .jsx extension. In Bridge goto Preferences - Startup Scripts and click the "Reveal My Startup Scripts"
this will open the folder where the script should be saved.
#target bridge
//Examples of Open With
//Photoshop CS5
var photoshopCS5 = new MenuElement("command", "Send to Photoshop CS5", "at the end of submenu/OpenWith");
photoshopCS5.onSelect = function (){
var photoshopCS5Path = "C:\\Program Files\\Adobe\\Adobe Photoshop CS5 (64 Bit)\\Photoshop.exe";
var sels = app.document.selections;
try{
    for(var a in sels){sels[a].openWith(photoshopCS5Path); };
    }catch(e){alert(e)}
//Photoshop CS6
var photoshopCS6 = new MenuElement("command", "Send to Photoshop CS6", "at the end of submenu/OpenWith");
photoshopCS6.onSelect = function (){
var photoshopCS6Path = "C:\\Program Files\\Adobe\\Adobe Photoshop CS6 (64 Bit)\\Photoshop.exe";
var sels = app.document.selections;
try{
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//Illustrator CS6
var illustratorCS6 = new MenuElement("command", "Send to Illustrator CS6", "at the end of submenu/OpenWith");
illustratorCS6.onSelect = function (){
var illustratorCS6Path = "C:\\Program Files\\Adobe\\Adobe Illustrator CS6 (64 Bit)\\Support Files\\Contents\\Windows\\Illustrator.exe";
var sels = app.document.selections;
try{
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    }catch(e){alert(e)}
Good luck.

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I couldn't get this to work for some reason. I solved the problem by
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Hi eveyone. I need a fix on this. I´m running my MBA with 10.8.3 and in my donwload folder i have some files to check. Some .pdf, some .doc and so on. The issue i´m having is that when i try to open one of this files with the right button "Open With" instruction, all the available apps, appears at least duplicated and in some cases, 5 times. How i fix this bug. Please advice. Thanks.

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Whenever I control-click a file and want to select "Open With", there are duplicate programs listed. For example, if I want to open an AIFF file, QuickTime 7.6.2 shows up twice in the list along with iTunes, WaveBurner (a Logic Pro program) and other programs all showing up twice. Even another version of QuickTime (6.0.3) is listed.
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Hi, this should cure it...
Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, then...
Resetting Launch Services...
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/resetlaunchservices.html
Reboot.

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After backing up my data to another hard drive, erasing the target hard drive and doing a clean install of Leopard, I see that when I option-click a file, then select Open With, the list of applications include the apps on my backup hard drive in addition to the apps I have installed on my main drive.
I told Spotlight to exclude the backup drive but alas, only after indexing of both drives have finished.
Does anyone have a suggestion as to how I can cure this?
Thanks!

There's a registry entry that has to be changed from the previous version of Photoshop you had installed, presumably CS4. Do a search ("Find" using regedit) on the registry for "Photoshop CS4" (or your previous version, if any). Once you find it, change the entry to "Photoshop CS5" -- making sure that the complete pathway to Photoshop CS5 is accurate (correct it if it is not).

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Your launch services database is corrupted. The only fix is to run an obscure OS X framework command from the terminal app. The following information has been run on my ML 10.8.1 system and fixed this issue.
Type Command + Shift + U. Now launch the Terminal app.
Change your directory location. The following long string needs to be typed on one command line. For legibility in this post, I have introduced a UNIX command line continuation character (\).
$ pushd /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A \
/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Support
Now you want to run the utility to refresh the launch services database. This will be brief.
$ lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user
Now go back to your home directory:
$ popd
exit the Terminal.
Now check your "Open with" menus.
Message was edited by: VikingOSX

Multiple instances of Word launching when opening files from Explorer window

I am seeing an odd behavior with Word 2010 (32 bit) that I could not replicate in earlier versions of Word.
Here are the steps:
Note: When performing these steps, I am on a 32 bit Windows 7 machine. Word is not running yet, and the Task Manager dialog is open with the processes sorted in reverse alpha order so that WinWord.exe will appear at the top.
1. Go to a folder containing a set of word documents or templates (all are in either .docx or .dotx format) in Windows Explorer.
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4. Four instances of WINWORD.EXE appear in the Task Manager (one of them then goes away, leaving only three instances running, but I think that's beside the point).
Could someone shed light on why this is happening with Word 2010 and if there's anything that can be done to make it "behave" and open only one instance?
PS - The templates contain no code, and no add-ins are loaded at the time that I perform these steps. Also, all Word and Office updates have been installed on the machine.
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Koero, did you try the registry hack proposed in this forum?
I started getting multiple instances of Word 2010 two days ago in Windows 7 on my company PC after a reboot following a Windows updates pushed out by the IT department.
This also happened immediately after a Windows update on May
27, 2014, but somehow I was able to stop that behavior then. That fix happened after I restored a old copy of Normal.dotm but evidently that
was not the solution because restoring that copy did not fix the problem today.
The fix suggested by
peebs7384 in this forum on April 19, 2012 of changing the "Lay
out this document" setting did not work on my PC.
One support person who has both the 2010 and 2013 versions indicated that he also gets multiple instances with 2010 but not with 2013.
I plan to ask my IT department to attempt a fix tomorrow and will suggest that they try registry hack posted in this forum by
kit_jj on Aug 16, 2012 (based on Pierre's posting) (thanks
kit_jj and Pierre).
By the way,
kit_jj's posting has only 1 vote & I would had hoped to see more votes. Now that I look more closely I see that this solution was "Proposed
as answer by kit_jj" himself. At least others have posted comments that indicate that fixes posted by
kit_jj & Pierre have worked (at least partially).
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Ive seen several threads to make x32 the default but not to many to make x64 the defualt. It appears that once the install is made I cannot only uninstall the 32 bit photoshop, only both at the same time. I have recently moved from cs4 to cs5. Everything was working perfectly until I decided that I had fully made the transition and uninstalled CS4. Now Im having trouble getting images to open with photoshop in x64 mode. .PSDs will open with the defualt x64 but I use a different viewer for .jepgs. I typicaly open these file types with the right click "open with" command. Unfortunately this command always opens the file in 32 bit mode. I have even tried to use "open with - choose default program" and navigate to the Photoshop X64 folder and select the 64 bit executable from there, but it still opens with 32 bit photoshop. All I want if to be able to use the "Open With" menu to open .jpegs in 64 bit mode. Any advice? Thanks.

Solved it using this guide only pointing to the x64 bit instead.
http://forums.devshed.com/photoshop-help-88/file-association-opens-with-64-bit-photoshop-n ot-32t-724373.html
Solved it!
In my desperation I just began searching the registry for "Photoshop.exe" - There it had the path for the "Photoshop" that you see when you try to change an association (picking the 32bit version using "open with" doesn't matter because it recognizes it as Photoshop and defaults back to whatever the program is in this registry key).
This should make Photoshop 32 bit open every time you open a Photoshop-associated file.
Here is what I did, for anyone coming from Google:
Start > Run > regedit
Browse to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\Photoshop.exe\shell\edit\command
Changed the value to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS4\Photoshop.exe" "%1"
(old one was the 64 bit path and executable)
Did the same with HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\Photoshop.exe\shell\open\command

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