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bobber205
Apr 13, 2006, 06:12 PM
Several months ago, Activity Monitor stopped launching...

I need/would like to use it now and I can't figure out why?

Maybe it's a Leap-A virus?


grapes911
Apr 13, 2006, 06:14 PM
Virus? Probably not.

Have you tried repairing permissions? Have you tried deleting preferences?

What exactly does it do? Does it bounce in the dock a few times then close?
mad jew
Apr 13, 2006, 06:24 PM
Yeah, it won't be a virus. FWIW, the preference file is named com.apple.ActivityMonitor.plist and it's in a folder named Preferences. :)
bobber205
Apr 13, 2006, 06:57 PM
*slaps forehead*

Dur! I should have thought about deleting the prefs file.

Ok. I did it. But it didn't mitigate the problem. When I click on the app, it launches for about one second, appears in the dock and immediately disappears...:mad:
mad jew
Apr 13, 2006, 09:10 PM
Can you open it from other user accounts? :)
bobber205
Apr 15, 2006, 07:37 AM
Can you open it from other user accounts? :)

I tried it, but it still doesn't want to open. The same problems...:p
hob
Apr 15, 2006, 08:01 AM
When you try and open it, does it just not open the main window? I've had this before. I thought it was broken, when actually it was open, and all I had to do was click Window->Activity Monitor (or something like that!)

Hob
ITASOR
Apr 15, 2006, 08:03 AM
This has happened to me twice now actually. It bounces in the dock quick then immediately closes. Repairing permissions fixes it for me every time. :)
mjstew33
Apr 15, 2006, 08:07 AM
This has happened to me twice now actually. It bounces in the dock quick then immediately closes. Repairing permissions fixes it for me every time. :)
Ditto that, happened twice for me too, haha.

Let us know if it doesn't work after repairing permissions. :)
bobber205
Apr 15, 2006, 08:16 AM
Ditto that, happened twice for me too, haha.

Let us know if it doesn't work after repairing permissions. :)

If by repairing permissions, you mean deleteing the prefs file, I've done that. :D
gauchogolfer
Apr 15, 2006, 09:12 AM
If by repairing permissions, you mean deleteing the prefs file, I've done that. :D

I think they probably mean repairing permissions in the usual sense, via the Disk Utility program. There is an option there to verify and/or repair permissions for the whole system. Give it a try.