Duplicate icon in "Open With"

cmhall9 · Nov 19, 2009, 08:17 PM

After updating VLC a duplicate icon appeared in "Open With". How do you remove the extra icon of VLC?

GGJstudios · Nov 19, 2009, 08:22 PM

Searching the forum with MRoogle will usually find answers to most of your questions:

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=368778

cmhall9 · Nov 20, 2009, 11:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GGJstudios

Searching the forum with MRoogle will usually find answers to most of your questions:

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=368778

They talk about seeing duplicates after cloning your hard drive. I've never done that.

GGJstudios · 11:50 PM

You should read more carefully. If you follow the link in that thread, it gives you step-by-step instructions on how to fix it. It doesn't matter if you've cloned your HD or not. The issue is duplicate entries in the "Open With" menu, regardless of how it happened.

If you're not handy with Terminal commands and if you have Onyx, you can rebuild the LaunchServices database:

Run OnyX.
Open the Automation panel or open the Maintenance panel and select the Rebuild tab...
Check the "LaunchServices" case and uncheck the other cases.
Click the Execute button.

Nov 19, 2009, 08:17 PM	#1
cmhall9 macrumors newbie Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Summerville	Duplicate icon in "Open With" After updating VLC a duplicate icon appeared in "Open With". How do you remove the extra icon of VLC?

Nov 19, 2009, 08:22 PM	#2
GGJstudios macrumors 601 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Texas!	Searching the forum with MRoogle will usually find answers to most of your questions: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=368778 __________________ ǝlƃooʁШ ʎɹʇ ¿suoıʇsǝnb ǝɥʇ ʞsɐ noʎ ǝɹoɟǝq sɹǝʍsuɐ puıɟ oʇ ʇuɐʍ

Nov 20, 2009, 11:17 PM	#4
GGJstudios macrumors 601 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Texas!	You should read more carefully. If you follow the link in that thread, it gives you step-by-step instructions on how to fix it. It doesn't matter if you've cloned your HD or not. The issue is duplicate entries in the "Open With" menu, regardless of how it happened. If you're not handy with Terminal commands and if you have Onyx, you can rebuild the LaunchServices database: Run OnyX. Open the Automation panel or open the Maintenance panel and select the Rebuild tab... Check the "LaunchServices" case and uncheck the other cases. Click the Execute button. __________________ ǝlƃooʁШ ʎɹʇ ¿suoıʇsǝnb ǝɥʇ ʞsɐ noʎ ǝɹoɟǝq sɹǝʍsuɐ puıɟ oʇ ʇuɐʍ Last edited by GGJstudios : Nov 20, 2009 at 11:50 PM.

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