[X4U] Default application association problem.

[John Baltutis]

On 04/25/05, Preston Kutzner <grdnwsl at mrichi.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-04-19 at 18:56 -0700, John Baltutis wrote:
>> On 04/19/05, Preston Kutzner <grdnwsl at mrichi.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > My first question is, is there any other place I should be looking to
>> > change program association information within OS X?  I changed the
>> > association by control-clicking a pdf file, then picking the "Open
>> > With..." menu option, and making sure the box was checked to tell OS X
>> > to always use the application I was choosing.
>> >
>> > My second question is, if there is not another place to change program
>> > association information, does anyone know how to *fully* uninstall
>> > Acrobat Reader 6.0?  I tried looking for an uninstaller app, a la
>> > Microsoft Office Uninstaller, but I couldn't find one.
>> >
>> > I'm hoping someone might be able to point me in the right direction even
>> > on where I might find the information I'm looking for.  Thanks in
>> > advance.
>>
>> Trash com.apple.LaunchServices.xxx.csstore file from /Library/Caches,
>> restart, and see if that fixes things. You might have to reset the
>> association for the pdf files.
>
> I tried the above suggestion, but no go.  I've also removed Acrobat
> Reader 6.0 from the computer altogether.  When I try to open a pdf file
> in Thunderbird, it asks me whether I want to save, or open with a listed
> program.  Usually, there is an option (with any other file-type) to open
> with an existing program, or to choose your own program to open it with.
> However, all that's listed in the list is Acrobat Reader 6.0, still,
> even though it's not on the computer anymore.
>
> Does anyone know of any other preference files I need to trash to get
> Thunderbird to let go of it's association to Reader 6.0?

Nope, but not having a choose option appears to be a Thunderbird
shortcoming-I don't use it, so I'm speculating. Most apps give you the
"choose" optiion. You might want to check at
<http://www.mozilla.org/support/thunderbird/> and the associated FAQ link.