Question about behavior of "Open With" from Finder Menu

When I highlight a pdf and go to "Open With" I get the following (default is Preview--only see one of those):
Acrobat Reader 5.0
Acrobat Reader 5.0
Adobe Reader 9.1.3
Adobe Reader 9.1.3
Adobe Reader 9.0.0
Adobe Reader 8.1.2
QuickTime
QuickTime
Safari
Safari
The only Reader I have in Applications is the 9.1.3. I've put those older versions in the Trash for now.
And I don't understand, also, why I'm seeing doubles of the same 9.1.3, the same Acrobat, the same QT, and the same Safari.
I've restarted the computer, dumped the Finder .plist as well as cleared "Recent Applications." No change.

You can find the locations of any reference to these applications
by using Find in a search. Their path will appear and you will
know where they exist. In some cases, older versions of a utility
or some part of an application were brought into the system by
another installer, so they may be in an unchecked folder.
{You also should be able to choose Preview to see & read .PDFs.
Of course, there are certain Acrobat-authored documents which
do not work as well in Preview as they do in Adobe's reader app.}
There is a newer version of Acrobat (reader) available for D/L
and it has been recommended due to known security issues.
Also, other Adobe updates for flash player are available.
You also could use an alias of the Reader and drop the file on it
to have a .pdf open on demand with the correct (or desired) app.
Good luck & happy computing!

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Old Shoe wrote:
> First my link:
>
>
http://www.progressity.com/portfolio.htm
>
> I've created a Portfolio section in my web site. When
you click on
> one of the thumbnails you get a small browser window
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