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A fix for an 'Open With: Not Applicable' errors
Authored by: gvitale on Aug 25, '04 11:52:30AM

David,
the lsregister DBs are driving me crazy after the last security updates: every time I launch some (specific) files (word. powerpoint and other carbon apps) I repeatedly get the first time launch dialog, so it seems that some application-file combinations do not manage to register as trusted in my system (PBG4 10.3.5)!
Any idea of what the reason could be?
Thanks in advance,
gaetano



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A fix for an 'Open With: Not Applicable' errors
Authored by: DavidRavenMoon on Aug 25, '04 12:13:11PM

gaetano, I find for the most part that they stick for me. It's important to launch the program first, then select one of the files associated with that program, Get Info and change the "Open with:", and click the "Change All" button to make it the default.

The only time I have problems is with Classic apps, and/or different versions. For example, PageMaker 6.5 files still require me to dismiss the dialog before PageMaker 7 will launch in Classic.

You can try rebuilding your database, but you will have to reset all your custom file/app combinations (i.e.PDF files default to Preview) and once again open most of your applications and reset the Open With setting.

It seems possibly that files that can be opened by more than one application need to be set, and files that only open on one application do not. Also files with Type/Creator codes, which many applications still use in OS X, seem to override the need to set this.

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G4/466, 1 GB, Mac OS X 10.3.5



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