[X4U] Double-Click App Launch .plist?

[Bill Fox]

On Sep 10, 2005, at 4:43 PM, John Baltutis wrote:

> On 09/10/05, Bill Fox <wfoxjr at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> Anybody know which preference .plist file (or other file for that
>> matter) in OS X handles the mouse double-click for launching
>> applications? My double-click launch quit working and it is probably
>> due a corrupt .plist file. I've tried trashing and replacing:
>> com.apple.desktop.plist; com.apple.driver.AppleHIDMouse.plist;
>> com.apple.finder.plist; com.apple.FolderActions.plist;
>> com.apple.HIToolbox.plist; com.apple.LaunchServices.plist;  and
>> com.microsoft.microsoftmouse.plist--all to no avail. But if I remove
>> my whole user Preference Folder from the Library folder and reboot to
>> make a new default one, double-click launching works fine again.
>>
>
> Don't know which one controls that, but I'd guess the
> com.apple.systempreferences (controls keyboard & Mouse prefpane-at  
> least it
> changed when I modified the double-click speed) or  
> com.apple.systemuiserver
> plists. Try those.
>
> If not, then there are two ways to attack the problem. Easiest, get  
> the
> freeware app, Preferential Treatment, and check both your and the  
> system
> plists. If that doesn't fix things; then, harder would be to (while  
> logged
> into the new user, where it works) open up ~/Library/Preferences,  
> copy the
> enclosed prefs to a temp folder on the desktop, move, a couple at a  
> time,
> the same named prefs from the old to the new, log out/back in, and  
> see if
> you can find the broken one. When it's fixed, copy the new ones to  
> the old
> one, log out, and log into the old account. Than should do it.
>

Thanks. It was neither so I may have to try Preferential Treatment,  
also recommended by another lista.

-Bill