how to change "kind" of files in OSX mavericks?

[mrjayviper]

I have assigned Text Wrangler as the default app for all my .srt files (right click on one of the files -> get info -> open with Text Wrangler -> change all).

My confusion is that even though I have done this, in Finder some files show as "Text file" while most show as "TextWrangler document".

I've remove all the .DS_Store files in my volume but still no change.

Does anyone know how to fix this?

In saying that, double-clicking on the .srt files marked as "text file" still opens them in Text Wrangler.

thanks a lot

 

[Partron22]

Rebuilding Launch Services Database sometimes works.
In Terminal:

/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user

This can take a while. It'll also eliminate multiple copies of Apps from your "Open With" popup menu.

Follow that with:

killall Finder

 

[kastorff]

I use Magic Launch. It's a prefpane that uses a helper app to map extensions or file types to specific apps. Although I primarily use it to map .txt and .pdf files to specific apps, it has way more power than that.

https://www.oneperiodic.com/products/magiclaunch/