[G4] Jaguar - many apps fail to start - unexpected quit

[Brian Conner]

OK, then. Go to http://ifthensoft.com and download Dragster. Install it and
run it. Delete your user GlobalPreferences with it, and after it restarts,
go into System Preferences and reset whatever prefs got poofed. Don't try
doing this without Dragster unless you're comfortable in Terminal.

I'm not sure I'm understanding you about iTunes. See if everything works
fine after Dragster. If iTunes still won't open, then you'll need to find
iTunes' .plist preferences file and delete that. You'll want to boot into
OS9 (if you have a newer MDD G4, you'll have to boot from an install CD with
OS9.22 on it) and find it in your user ~/Library/Preferences folder.


Brian


-----Original Message-----
From: Power Macintosh G4 List [mailto:G4 at lists.themacintoshguy.com] On
Behalf Of Steve O'Neill
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 12:51 PM
To: Power Macintosh G4 List
Subject: Re: [G4] Jaguar - many apps fail to start - unexpected quit


Interesting.  "Troubleshooter" (admin) seems to work fine; iTunes can 
start.  I even was able to start the print spooler which had refused to 
run under my login, and it stayed running when I logged out then back in 
as me (even printed a page under my login), although iTunes (a good 
quick test) still failed to start.

Brian Conner wrote:
> Go ahead and create a new user and see what problems, if any, remain 
> when logged in as the new user. I call this new user Troubleshoot on 
> my systems.
> 
> 
> Brian Conner
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Power Macintosh G4 List [mailto:G4 at lists.themacintoshguy.com] On 
> Behalf Of Steve O'Neill
> Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 10:42 AM
> To: Power Macintosh G4 List
> Subject: Re: [G4] Jaguar - many apps fail to start - unexpected quit
> 
> 
> Wow, thanks, I forgot to mention that.  You're right, other "users" 
> can start iTunes just fine.  And I ran Disk Utility > Repair 
> Permissions.
> 
> 
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