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VLC and file associations
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Aug 7, 2005, 03:58 PM
 
How do I un-associate certain file types with VLC? For instance, VLC insists on opening .dat and .bin/.cue files. I can't just do the whole "Get Info"/"Change All" bit since I don't have other alternative programs; basically, I just want "None" to appear when I right click these files, instead of VLC showing up as an option.
     
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Aug 7, 2005, 04:13 PM
 
Edit them out of VLC's plist.
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Aug 7, 2005, 04:38 PM
 
i opened info.plist after i clicked "show package contents" and took out the section for these file types, but they're still in the context menu. which plist should i edit?
     
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Aug 7, 2005, 05:12 PM
 
I should have explained a little more in-depth. LaunchServices caches plists rather than reading from the disk every time, and it can be annoyingly difficult to get it to notice changes reliably. If you changed a plist, you should probably restart if you want to see the effect.
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