When I right click on a file and select open with, there are a bunch of irrelevant entries that I will never use. A lot of them are bits of the OS (e.g. Core Image Funhouse.app on image files) or at best dubious (I doubt I will ever want to open a .txt using Illustrator). Is there any way to remove items from the Open With menu? This is on OSX Lion 10.7.5.
The only questions I could find related to this were about uninstalled programs remaining in the context menu.
Thanks!
Best Answer
You could remove entries in the CFBundleDocumentTypes array in Info.plist files. To apply the changes, run
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -f -R /Applications/and reopen Finder.Modifying an Info.plist breaks the code signature of signed applications and makes some applications like TextEdit crash on launch.