[X4U] Acrobat Annoyances - Multiple "open with" entries.

[Stroller]

On 15 Feb 2005, at 03:31, Andrew J. Yon III wrote:

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>> On Feb 13, 2005, at 10:31 PM, Stroller wrote:
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>> On both my Macs when I right-click on a PDF and go to the "open with"  
>> section I get multiple entries for Adobe's Acrobat apps, as shown in  
>> <http://mac.stroller.uk.eu.org/PDF%20Problem.png>.
>>
>> Stroller.
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>
> Do you have multiple Copies of Panther on one or more drives connected  
> to your computer ;  Or do you have multiple Applications Folders ?

Not connected, no. I do have an external drive which is partitioned  
into 3 with Jaguar & Panther installed upon it, but I hardly ever use  
it, and I'm sure Adobe isn't installed upon it. I only use the main  
system /Applications folder, although to keep it tidy most things I  
install go in a subfolder of that called "Stuff".

I think James is right:
On 14 Feb 2005, at 20:20, James S Jones wrote:
> Yes, we're quite sure they're duplicates. It happens every time an  
> update is applied with Acrobat 6, Distiller 6, and Illustrator 10.

He also posted:
On 14 Feb 2005, at 20:42, James S Jones wrote:
> I found this suggestion:
>
> <http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php? 
> story=20031215144430486&query=How+to+rebuild+the+LaunchServices+databas 
> e>

I have done this on my laptop & it seems to have done the trick,  
although I can't quite believe it was so easy! I didn't check the  
context menu right before running it, but there's only one entry for  
Adobe in there now. I haven't tried with my desktop machine yet (as my  
G5 arrived yesterday morning & I've been busy setting it up   :D), but  
I'll know for sure whether it works or not when I've done so.

Stroller.