"Open with" double listings

If I go to any given file and do a 'control click', then select 'open with', I see 2 of every program listed ... so Safari is listed twice, Adobe Acrobat is listed twice, and so on.
Has any one else seen this? Does anybody know how to correct this?
Thanks!!
Matt

It is handy. I also use it to run the chron scripts (Maintenance > Scripts), which are the daily/weekly/monthly cache/log cleanouts that should run automatically, but only do so if your machine is left on overnight. (I just run them occasionally as a group, not actually daily/weekly/monthly; if you really want to run them on schedule, there are other utilities, like Macaroni that will run them on schedule, but that's not necessary IMHO.)
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It maybe your Mouse or your Mouse Preferences are getting lost somewhere. What type of Mouse do your have? When you lose the ability to double click, can you still right click and see the menu dialog? If so, try to open your file this way, if nothing happens when you right click try the next step below...
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Files & Programs won't open with double click

Hello,
I'm not sure if this is a Snow Leopard problem or an iMac problem but it seems since I loaded Snow Leopard files and programs will not open if I double click on them, I have to right click then choose open. Does anyone know why this should happen.
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Why can't I open files with double click, etc?

Hello, all,
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I know this seems quite comprehensive, and may involve several issues, but I'm really unhappy about this and would love to think there is something more I can do, apart from returning to the Apple Store. Besides everything else, how can I khow that I won't find, again, that the MacBook will work fine there but goes back to its troubled state when I return?
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Hi, Mike,
I have 211.59 left out of total HD space of 232.57.Space should not be a problem. I'll try using Activity Monitor today. I have 2 GB of memory. But since this is the first time I[ve had this problem, I don't see how it could be a problem with memory, do you?
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jenny

Plese help me ! can't open files with double clicking icons...

at the first, sorry about my English. (i'm japanese and english is my second language so..) anway.... i can't open the files on desk top by double click. if i go to Finder then i can open files... and some files i can open by double click. i downloaded Limewire but i can't install it because my couble click is not working for that. but i can double click to open photoshop, safari or email or some other things in the dock. and i couldn't open up the games either.. doesn anybody knows what's happened to my son's computer? it's a iMac flat panel G4. and OS X 10.3.9. Thank you sooo much!!

Saw your response and started to write to you for help also but have, with one final try, found PART of my problem. I have a Logitech wired optical mouse that worked with everything except opening desktop volumes when I double clicked on them. I could open applications and documents within the Finder window....just not the desktop volume icons.
I ran Disk Utility........verified all the volumes........repaired all permissions, unplugged mouse and reset. Logitech software is up to date.. I've never had this happen before.
What I discovered was that I was double clicking to open the volumes, but had the mouse set for single click. It's still a little strange because I changed it to double click to open and now it opens with double OR single click. Now I can open the volumes but it won't allow me to move the Finder windows that open. I can't drag or move them on the desktop; have to use them where they open.
Any suggestions for me, I hope? Thanks.

In finder, or say anything else such as downloaded files, I have to push open with in order to open the file. If I simply double-click on a document from finder, it does not open.

Hey guys. I have this problem where when I try to open say a document from finder, I have to push "open with."
Simply double-clicking does not work. I would greatly appreciate it if anybody could help.
Another unrelated problem is that when I push to open itunes, it says that it is on a locked disk.
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