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How to rebuild the LaunchServices database
Authored by: fortepianissimo on Jun 09, '04 12:14:29AM

If you tried this with the most recent security update installed

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798

You'll be asked many times when you try to open some documents the first time. Type "lsregister -dump | less" will show you that all entries for third-party applications now have the form like this:

B00001546 APPL/CHIM Tue Jun 8 15:16:55 2004 Camino.app
-pad----hn---sr-----! v0.8.0 Camino
Contents/Resources/appicon.icns org.mozilla.navigator
Contents/MacOS/Camino 6263372, 6263906, Mach-O
V00000008 /Applications/Internet/Camino.app

Note the ending '!' - that means it's never been run before.

I wonder if there's a way to reset all of these '!' using some tool.



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How to rebuild the LaunchServices database
Authored by: heyotwell on Oct 04, '04 11:24:21PM

I'm running 10.3.5, which includes those security updates, and this hint worked great for me.

I used the System Migration tool on a new Powerbook to pull the account information from an old one, and the only (knock wood) problem was that the Open With... menu was bloated with double entries for everything. This hint solved the problem quickly and easily.



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