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How to rebuild the LaunchServices database
Authored by: semiotek on Jan 05, '04 10:38:14AM

I can't see it, but a "?" pops into the command when I paste it into Terminal. If anyone else has the same problem, you could try pasting into a text editor, deleting the backslashes and excess spaces, and then copying and pasting the result into Terminal. It worked for me!

Apart from that, I'm really grateful for this hint - I'm the kind who gets really irritated by three copies of GraphicConverter in the Open With list!

Many thanks - Nick



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How to rebuild the LaunchServices database
Authored by: joey03 on Jan 05, '04 01:50:06PM

When I type "lsregister" in Terminal (bash or tcsh shell), I get "command not found" in 10.3.2. Anyone else?



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How to rebuild the LaunchServices database
Authored by: semiotek on Jan 05, '04 01:55:20PM

Would that not be because the directory where it is to be found is not in your search path? That must be why the hint includes the complete path to it.

Nick



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How to rebuild the LaunchServices database
Authored by: allenwatson on Dec 27, '04 12:10:46PM

When I used the lsregister command as given in the hint, with the full path, it did not work. I had to do "locate lsregister" to find the complete path for my system, which included two "Versions/A" folders in the folder tree.

/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister

Whatever the path is for your system, "locate" should find it for you.

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How to rebuild the LaunchServices database
Authored by: mnewman on Jan 05, '04 01:54:26PM

If you use this hint and have applications located someplace other than /Applications you need to append the path to the end of the command. The first time I ran it without any paths and my LaunchServices database included only applications on the boot volume.

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Mike Newman
Saipan and Narita Layover Pages:
http://net.saipan.com/personal/mike_newman/



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How to rebuild the LaunchServices database
Authored by: UnknownPPC on Jul 27, '05 08:40:33AM

I had a strange problem in Tiger that when I clicked on a folder in the dock or dragthing it would launch iPhoto or Entourage. Running this command fixed everything.

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-Mr. Unknown-



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How to rebuild the LaunchServices database
Authored by: luhmann on Aug 04, '05 03:38:07PM

I tried a couple of hints here. This is the one that finally worked for me. I added -f, and I also appended the path to my personal applications folder (within the applications folder) at the end:

/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -f -domain local -domain system -domain user "/Applications/MyApps"



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