Spotlight and Services Menu

Whenever I highlight some text and try to use Services>Spotlight in TextEdit, Mail, or Safari, I get the following message:
"The 'Spotlight' service could not be used because the 'Spotlight' application did not respond to a request for services. Try reopening 'Spotlight,' or contact the vendor for an updated version."
What am I missing here?

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I want to be able to utilize the security options on the device to restrict outgoing calls and messages being made by an unauthorized person on my phone. This feature is standard on even the most basic phone models by virtually ALL mobile service providers.
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http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/7671/screenshot20091129at104.png

Apple has this to say about that...
http://www.apple.com/macosx/refinements/
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https://discussions.apple.com/message/1485840#1485840
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I am having problems with the contextual menus i believe.,
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You have already accomplished hat I would have suggested as possible fixes.
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I like to experiment with new software. Most I end up deleting but occasionally I end up with some cool stuff. The problem, however, is that some of these add services in the Services Menu and I can't get rid of them.
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Nothing of these programs exist anywhere in my system or hard drive, yet their services are still in the Services Menu. If anyone knows how to get these things out I'd really like to know.
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http://www.petermaurer.de/nasi.php?section=servicescrubber
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Hi, Kevin.
Take a look at the System
Services documentation, particularly the
section "Items in the Services Menu", to understand
how the Services Menu functions.
Thanks, Doc. I've saved it as a web archive to read later since it's 6 am and I haven't even finished my first cup of coffee yet and it's a bit too much to deal with right now.
I suspect you may have to perform a restart after
uninstalling an app that adds items to the Services
menu in order for it to be cleared.
Already done a restart. Some of these are months old and my Mac has been restarted several times, even had Disk Warrior and other repairs and updates (Repairing Permissions and Rebuilding Launch Services database, deleting caches) more than once as well.
I just left all those Services sitting there because I didn't have time to deal with it and they didn't seem to be hurting anything. I always assumed I just needed to go into the various services folders and delete them, so when I went to do that yesterday I was quite surprised to not find any of them there. Had a similar problem with Contextual Menus with many of the same programs, but those I did find in the correct folders and removed them and they are gone like they should be.
I suspect Service Scrubber's author may be scanning
for the info.plist files of installed applications to
find potential services, as well as checking any
"Library/Services" directories extant (Macintosh HD >
Library > Services, Home > Library > Services,
Macintosh HD > System > Library > Services, etc.).
You'd have to discuss this with him or check his
site.
The problem with that is I've removed all traces of these apps, even going through and looking for scraps manually after doing a search with EasyFind. They no longer exist so how can Service's Scrubber change anything in them? And I've looked through all the services folders and none of these programs exist there either. Here's what's in the folders:
User services:
ChronosNotesService.app
ChronosNotesService.bundle
Those are supposed to be there as StickyBrain is one of those apps I kept and want the services.
System services:
AppleSpell.service
ChineseTextConverterService.app
ImageCaptureService.app
Spotlight.service
SummaryService.app
HD/Library doesn't even have a services folder.
The lack of services placed in services folders is puzzling. I just installed Yojimbo yesterday and it added a service yet it doesn't show up either. Where are they putting these?
But, clearly, Service's Scrubber can find these and turn them off.
AppZapper may also not be doing its job fully. You
should consult with the author concerning the
Services issues you are seeing.
It sounds like I need to contact AppZapper, Service's Scrubber AND the various apps causing the problems. Sigh.
They aren't causing any problems and aren't even cluttering the Services Menu any more since I used Service's Scrubber, I'm just curious as to what's going on.

Can I remove items from the Services menu?

I think the subject line says it all: can I remove items from the Services menu? I have a number of items in the Services menu that I never use and I would like to make the menu shorter to make it easier to access the items that I do use.

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HI,
In your scenario create material and service PO using T-code ME21N as follows.
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5) After getting PO approved by top management.
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Hope, it is useful for you and solve your requirement.
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Repair
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Thanks, that answer would SEEM to make sense.
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