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<FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'>I did think of that. Tried that idea, and even a couple of variations, but it didn't work. Have no idea why.<BR>
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Actually, I solved my problem by junking the Command Line and Login Hooks entirely and went a more traditional GUI way. I hinted at that in my last post yesterday, and since then found the solution. Did my last test this morning.<BR>
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I defined the item I wanted in the GUI under the User Account in System Preferences, instead of using a Login Hook shell script.<BR>
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I digged until I saw that Login Hooks are placed in ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow.plist , where they are executed as soon as one logs in, before the GUI.<BR>
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System Preferences makes it's entries in ~/Library/Preferences/loginwindow.plist, where items are executed after you have logged in in the traditional Mac sense, i.e. after you’ve got the Finder/Desktop. That’s what I need for my case.<BR>
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Now if you change the version of EITHER of these files that’s in /Library/Preferences/ instead of ~/Library/Preferences/ , you get something auto-running for ANY User who logs into the Mac, not just that specific account. Success!<BR>
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Thanks to everyone who answered along the way. I’ve learned a lot of useful things for the future, once again.<BR>
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- opa<BR>
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On 1/11/05 1:43 AM, "Craig" <craig@craigwdesigns.com> wrote:<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#0000FF">> Do you maybe need to just add an "&" after this script's name, in <BR>
> wherever you are calling it from?<BR>
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> - Craig<BR>
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