"Open with" dialogue blues...

Hi all,
The following is happening for me in Finder (ML 10.8.2) :
I have several apps, including some downloaded from the app store, which have been updated since I originally installed them.
I keep seeing previous versions of each program in the right click context menu, under "open with".
What this looks like is this, if it is jpeg file, and I right click and go to open with, I see three Evernotes, two Pixelmators, etc. If it is a video file, I see three VLC's.
Does anyone know how to tidy this up?
Thanks

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