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Toyin · Feb 28, 2003, 06:54 AM

I asked this several months ago, but got no responses. Does anyone know how to customize which applications appear in the 'open with' contextual menu item? When I click a jpeg file I get a list of about 40 applications & Adobe Image ready actions.

SMacTech · Feb 28, 2003, 09:31 AM

I think that this menu is built on_the_fly from any applications that are on mounted local drives. It is one of the reasons for the delay when using this menu and you can hear disk activity. Delete the application and it will no longer show up.

megasad · Feb 28, 2003, 10:07 AM

Or, since deleting the applications you don't want to appear in said menu might not be an option, the quickest way to cut down the monstrous list that appears when Control-Clicking an image file is to stuff the Droplets that come with Adobe Photoshop and Image Ready. They're located in the Samples folder that's in the same folder that Photoshop is in, a folder called Droplets. Either delete them or Stuff them or stick them on a disk image, and they'll no longer show up in the Open With menu.

What really annoys me about said Open WIth menu however is that it lists Classic applications, even though I don't even have OS 9 installed, or even the OS 9 hard drive drivers. Pah.

Also, use Zingg! to make a more customised menu. I use it to provide "Always open with" apps, such as ImageViewer to view the contents of a folder.

Toyin · Feb 28, 2003, 11:06 AM

Originally posted by SMacTech:
I think that this menu is built on_the_fly from any applications that are on mounted local drives. It is one of the reasons for the delay when using this menu and you can hear disk activity. Delete the application and it will no longer show up.

You're kidding right?

Originally posted by megasad:
Or, since deleting the applications you don't want to appear in said menu might not be an option, the quickest way to cut down the monstrous list that appears when Control-Clicking an image file is to stuff the Droplets that come with Adobe Photoshop and Image Ready. They're located in the Samples folder that's in the same folder that Photoshop is in, a folder called Droplets. Either delete them or Stuff them or stick them on a disk image, and they'll no longer show up in the Open With menu.

What really annoys me about said Open WIth menu however is that it lists Classic applications, even though I don't even have OS 9 installed, or even the OS 9 hard drive drivers. Pah.

Also, use Zingg! to make a more customised menu. I use it to provide "Always open with" apps, such as ImageViewer to view the contents of a folder.

That got rid of most of the annoying items. I wish there was a better way to pear down the list however. There are still a fair amount of applications that I'd like to get rid of. Thank you.

SMacTech · Feb 28, 2003, 11:17 AM

Originally posted by Toyin:
You're kidding right?

I wish I was. A better method would be to let the user construct a menu to suit their needs. Deleting the app is the only way it will not show up. AFAIK

Toyin · Feb 28, 2003, 11:36 AM

Originally posted by SMacTech:
I wish I was. A better method would be to let the user construct a menu to suit their needs. Deleting the app is the only way it will not show up. AFAIK

I was hoping there was plist or something similar that could customize this menu.

megasad I used Zingg in 10.1.x I found that it slowed the appearance of the contextual menus. I'll have to take a look at it since it's probably faster with 10.2.x

megasad · Feb 28, 2003, 11:40 AM

Originally posted by Toyin:
megasad I used Zingg in 10.1.x I found that it slowed the appearance of the contextual menus. I'll have to take a look at it since it's probably faster with 10.2.x

It is, and in fact is also noticeably faster than the Finder's own menu, probably because it doesn't display icons.