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From: Jim on 23 Jul 2010 03:42 zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > In my 'Open with' contextual menu I'm seeing to entries for VLC, but > > both open the same application. I've done a search for two actual > > copies > > of VLC but there is only the one. > > > > Any ideas? Not a problem, just a wee bit odd. > > Use Onyx or similar to rebuild the LaunchServices database. I ended up taking the hammer-into-anvil approach and deinstalled/reinstalled it. Seems to have worked. Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: Gordon on 23 Jul 2010 05:08 On Jul 22, 9:15 am, j...(a)magrathea.plus.com (Jim) wrote: > In my 'Open with' contextual menu I'm seeing to entries for VLC, but > both open the same application. I've done a search for two actual copies > of VLC but there is only the one. > > Any ideas? Not a problem, just a wee bit odd. > > Jim > -- > "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good > product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious > understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some > slightly damp tablecloths."http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/ Do you have Parallels installed with VLC on the Windows side? Windows apps will appear in the list along side the Mac apps if this is so.
From: Jim on 23 Jul 2010 05:15 Gordon <gordon.mcvey(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: > On Jul 22, 9:15 am, j...(a)magrathea.plus.com (Jim) wrote: > > In my 'Open with' contextual menu I'm seeing to entries for VLC, but > > both open the same application. I've done a search for two actual copies > > of VLC but there is only the one. > > > > Any ideas? Not a problem, just a wee bit odd. > > > > Jim > > -- > > "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good > > product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious > > understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some > > slightly damp tablecloths."http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/ > > Do you have Parallels installed with VLC on the Windows side? Windows > apps will appear in the list along side the Mac apps if this is so. Yes to Parallels, no to the Windows version of VLC. Uninstaling and reinstalling seems to have cured it. Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 23 Jul 2010 06:03 On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 02:08:48 -0700 (PDT), Gordon <gordon.mcvey(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: >On Jul 22, 9:15�am, j...(a)magrathea.plus.com (Jim) wrote: >> In my 'Open with' contextual menu I'm seeing to entries for VLC, but >> both open the same application. I've done a search for two actual copies >> of VLC but there is only the one. >> >> Any ideas? Not a problem, just a wee bit odd. >> >> Jim >> -- >> "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good >> product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious >> understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some >> slightly damp tablecloths."http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/ > >Do you have Parallels installed with VLC on the Windows side? Windows >apps will appear in the list along side the Mac apps if this is so. You can cure that by deleting any Parallels-created Windows .app thingies. VMware does the same, and for a while I was always getting "Windows Management Console" popping up when I use the Spotlight menuitem to launh Console.app. I'm not sure where Parallels puts them, but you can find out from Spotlight for eg Notepad. You'll have to keep any that you might actually use, either directly or through the "launch certain filetypes in the Windows program" function. Cheers - Jaimie -- "If we do not change the direction we are going, we are likely to end up where we are headed." - anon
From: Rowland McDonnell on 23 Jul 2010 21:00
Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > Gordon <gordon.mcvey(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: > > > j...(a)magrathea.plus.com (Jim) wrote: > > > In my 'Open with' contextual menu I'm seeing to entries for VLC, but > > > both open the same application. I've done a search for two actual copies > > > of VLC but there is only the one. > > > > > > Any ideas? Not a problem, just a wee bit odd. > > > > > > Jim > > Do you have Parallels installed with VLC on the Windows side? Windows > > apps will appear in the list along side the Mac apps if this is so. > > Yes to Parallels, no to the Windows version of VLC. Uninstaling and > reinstalling seems to have cured it. Sounds like the LaunchServices database was corrupted. Onyx and rebuilding it is probably a good idea even now - could be other problems lurking. Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking |