[G4] Safari not launching

[Daniel Brieck]

So, does Safari starts to launch(icon launching feedback in the dock), 
or does it do nothing at all. Well regardless, find and remove 
preferences files for safari. Go to the finder and do a search for 
"Safari." Then delete Safari preference stuff. For example, from 
looking at the results of my safari search (on OS 10.3.2) I find a lot 
of stuff. But here is the stuff I would recommend moving to the trash. 
Primarily, remove com.apple.Safari.plist from it current location it 
should fix the problem you are having. If this does not fix the safari 
launch problem, re-do the search again and remove more Safari related 
items...

File Names and Locations

{Remove this file first "com.apple.Safari.plist" and try running 
safari, before going and deleting all}
com.apple.Safari.plist  (your user folder aka "Home"   / Library / 
Preferences)

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If removal of the above file does not solve the problem remove all of 
following listed including the file above which may or may not 
re-appear....

{{{ IMPORTANT NOTE
An important thing to remember is be careful of what you delete, the 
files listed here should be safe to remove. If you see more safari 
stuff on your search use common sense. A good rule of thumb is to not 
delete stuff that is not originating from your home directory.

For Example, on my computer there is a file that is related to safari 
but not in a important way, some kind of .pkg file, and its location 
shows that it is a good example of something not to delete. {location 
starts in the Hard Drive (root level)}.

There are also safari folders on my computer that are totally unrelated 
to safari web browser. MS Office for os x has a Safari office theme, 
that you don't want to delete.

So, again just be careful.....
}}}

Here are the other files that you should try to delete safely...

Safari [Folder]    (Home / Library / Safari) Note: that in this folder 
your bookmarks file is stored, so you may want to keep that file so you 
can replace it later....


Safari [Caches Folder] (Home / Library / Caches / Safari)


This should solve the problem, if not, I can provide some more 
suggestions later....
Good-luck

Dan Brieck Jr.

On Mar 27, 2004, at 12:02 AM, Paul McMillan wrote:

> I'm using 10.2 and till today Safari worked from Dock.
> Tonight it won't launch even from the original program.
> Navigator or IE work as usual but not apple's app.
> Any ideas
> Paul
>