Each time I download and install (from Adobe's site) an update to Adobe Creative Suite's Acrobat 6.0 Professional (I'm in version 6.0.3 now), additional instances of the "Acrobat 6.0.3 Professional (6.0.3)" and "Acrobat Distiller 6.0.2" options (one for each updated program) appear in the "Open with..." list (this is the list that appears when I ctrl+click on a PDF document in the MacOS Finder).
In my PowerBook, running MacOS 10.3.8, the option for "Acrobat 6.0.3 Professional (6.0.3)" is listed four consecutive times so far, and the option for "Acrobat Distiller 6.0.2" appears three consecutive times in the "Open with..." list.
This glitch only happens with Acrobat. The other Creative Suite applications appear listed only once when ctrl+clicking on their corresponding documents.
Has this happened to anybody else? How can I fix this and get only one instance of each of the Acrobat applications' names in the "Open with..." list?
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I found this snippet on macoshints and used it to solve a similar problem (see snippet below).
Be aware that the snippet includes a command that SHOULD NOT be broken with line returns…
The command should look like this (unbroken):
/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user
(I hope the line is not boken in my post. Looks ok, but be careful when you paste it in Terminal.app)
Enjoy!
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/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/\ Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Support/lsregister \ -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user just copy and paste into terminal and let it run Or if you just want to shorten the Open With… then maybe this will help: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20030730161311391&query=info.plist Keep this stored in a stickies or something, you would want to be able to find it again next time.MACOSHINTS SNIPPET
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If your “Open With” menu shows applications that are no longer installed, or shows some of them as duplicates, you can use the following Terminal command to rebuild your LaunchServices database:
Thanks a lot!
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