Open With Context Menu acting up

It seems as if using Time machine allows old versions of applications to appear in the "open with" menu.
Is that sensible?
How can I turn it off?
I don't really want to mistakenly open files in old versions of applications....

Do you see it if you click Choose default program..., then expand the Other Programs section? 
If not, can you Browse to the Photoshop.exe file on your hard disk and add it?
-Noel

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    Identifier:      com.apple.finder
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    1   com.apple.finder                    0x000000010c5b60a6 0x10c4b9000 + 1036454
    2   com.apple.finder                    0x000000010c5b5fe2 0x10c4b9000 + 1036258
    3   com.apple.finder                    0x000000010c5afbc8 0x10c4b9000 + 1010632
    4   com.apple.finder                    0x000000010c5ae500 0x10c4b9000 + 1004800
    5   com.apple.finder                    0x000000010c5adc16 0x10c4b9000 + 1002518
    6   com.apple.finder                    0x000000010c5adae2 0x10c4b9000 + 1002210
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    9   com.apple.AppKit                    0x00007fff90cb644c -[NSMenuItem _corePerformAction] + 406
    10  com.apple.AppKit                    0x00007fff90cb613a -[NSCarbonMenuImpl performActionWithHighlightingForItemAtIndex:] + 133
    11  com.apple.AppKit                    0x00007fff909a346f -[NSMenu _internalPerformActionForItemAtIndex:] + 36
    12  com.apple.AppKit                    0x00007fff909a32f7 -[NSCarbonMenuImpl _carbonCommandProcessEvent:handlerCallRef:] + 135
    13  com.apple.AppKit                    0x00007fff90caf245 NSSLMMenuEventHandler + 342
    14  com.apple.HIToolbox                 0x00007fff9a646f0a DispatchEventToHandlers(EventTargetRec*, OpaqueEventRef*, HandlerCallRec*) + 1206
    15  com.apple.HIToolbox                 0x00007fff9a6463d9 SendEventToEventTargetInternal(OpaqueEventRef*, OpaqueEventTargetRef*, HandlerCallRec*) + 410
    16  com.apple.HIToolbox                 0x00007fff9a65c1bd SendEventToEventTarget + 40
    17  com.apple.HIToolbox                 0x00007fff9a692e89 SendHICommandEvent(unsigned int, HICommand const*, unsigned int, unsigned int, unsigned char, void const*, OpaqueEventTargetRef*, OpaqueEventTargetRef*, OpaqueEventRef**) + 443
    18  com.apple.HIToolbox                 0x00007fff9a637c11 SendMenuCommandWithContextAndModifiers + 59
    19  com.apple.HIToolbox                 0x00007fff9a637bc3 SendMenuItemSelectedEvent + 254
    20  com.apple.HIToolbox                 0x00007fff9a637a4f FinishMenuSelection(SelectionData*, MenuResult*, MenuResult*) + 94
    21  com.apple.HIToolbox                 0x00007fff9a7ae009 PopUpMenuSelectCore(MenuData*, Point, double, Point, unsigned short, unsigned int, Rect const*, unsigned short, unsigned int, Rect const*, Rect const*, __CFString const*, OpaqueMenuRef**, unsigned short*) + 1673
    22  com.apple.HIToolbox                 0x00007fff9a7ad924 _HandlePopUpMenuSelection7 + 629
    23  com.apple.AppKit                    0x00007fff90d3261b _NSSLMPopUpCarbonMenu3 + 3916
    24  com.apple.AppKit                    0x00007fff90d316a8 -[NSCarbonMenuImpl _popUpContextMenu:withEvent:forView:withFont:] + 189
    25  com.apple.AppKit                    0x00007fff90e8c063 -[NSMenu _popUpContextMenu:withEvent:forView:withFont:] + 200
    26  com.apple.finder                    0x000000010c6ca616 0x10c4b9000 + 2168342
    27  com.apple.finder                    0x000000010c6c8498 0x10c4b9000 + 2159768
    28  com.apple.finder                    0x000000010c72c054 0x10c4b9000 + 2568276
    29  com.apple.finder                    0x000000010c726dc5 0x10c4b9000 + 2547141
    30  com.apple.AppKit                    0x00007fff90b75c81 -[NSWindow sendEvent:] + 8504
    31  com.apple.AppKit                    0x00007fff90b71744 -[NSApplication sendEvent:] + 5761
    32  com.apple.finder                    0x000000010c64db71 0x10c4b9000 + 1657713
    33  com.apple.AppKit                    0x00007fff90a872fa -[NSApplication run] + 636
    34  com.apple.AppKit                    0x00007fff90a2bcb6 NSApplicationMain + 869
    35  com.apple.finder                    0x000000010c4beb46 0x10c4b9000 + 23366
    36  libdyld.dylib                       0x00007fff988ea7e1 start + 1

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