Which Pref controls launch application?

[rpeskin at rlpcon.com (Richard Peskin)]

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Can anyone give me specific information about which 
~/Library/Preferences file (a .plist I am assuming) controls the launch 
application that is assigned to executables? As I previously noted, all 
of my .app bundles were launching "AirPort setup Assistant". That is, if 
one looked at the Contents of a Bundle (say OnmiWeb.app 
->Contents->MacOS->OmniWeb) and did a GetInfo, the Info panel would say 
that the (executable) file should be "Opened with application" "AirPort 
Setup Assistant". Clearly this is wrong.
To fix this I had to install a backup Preferences set. After installing 
a backup Preferences, these files now show that they are to "Opened with 
application" "none", i.e. this option is not applicable.
It is not clear how the Preferences (user's only, not those in the root 
account) got corrupted, but it is annoying that "none" is not an option 
in the choices for "Open with application". But it would help to know 
which Preference file controls this and whether it can be fixed with a 
Property List edit.

Is there a description of the launch procedure that covers this sort of 
thing in detail?

thanks,
--dick peskin




Richard L. Peskin, RLP Consulting, Londonderry, VT
http://www.rlpcon.com
http://www.caip.rutgers.edu/~peskin

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Can anyone give me specific information about which
~/Library/Preferences file (a .plist I am assuming) controls the
launch application that is assigned to executables? As I previously
noted, all of my .app bundles were launching "AirPort setup
Assistant". That is, if one looked at the Contents of a Bundle (say
OnmiWeb.app ->Contents->MacOS->OmniWeb) and did a GetInfo, the Info
panel would say that the (executable) file should be "Opened with
application" "AirPort Setup Assistant". Clearly this is wrong. 

To fix this I had to install a backup Preferences set. After
installing a backup Preferences, these files now show that they are to
"Opened with application" "none", i.e. this option is not applicable.

It is not clear how the Preferences (user's only, not those in the
root account) got corrupted, but it is annoying that "none" is not an
option in the choices for "Open with application". But it would help
to know which Preference file controls this and whether it can be
fixed with a Property List edit.


Is there a description of the launch procedure that covers this sort
of thing in detail?


thanks,

--dick peskin





<color><param>2B2B,1717,8787</param>Richard L. Peskin, RLP Consulting,
Londonderry, VT 

http://www.rlpcon.com

http://www.caip.rutgers.edu/~peskin</color>
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