[G4] How to Reset 10.4's Get Info "Open with" Option

[John Baltutis]

On 08/08/05,  "Richard M. Kriss" <rmkriss at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> The subject may sound weird but I wonder if someone knows how to reset the
> list applications under the "Open with" option under the OSX 10.4.2 "Get
> Info"?
>
> I have no problems getting the Finder "Get Info" to open; however, when I
> click on the „Open with¾ button I get the spinning disc for what seems like
> forever.  It then presents a long list of all kinds of applications with
> many dupes. I  have to wait for the whole list to get to show up to let me
> select another application - the last option.
>
> How can this long list be trimmed or reset?
>
> One of the first thing I tried was to trash the finder's .plist file. That
> did not work.
>
> I don't remember OS 10.3 having this weirdness. Anyone else having issues
> with the Get Info "Open with" button?

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