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Apple Button Menu Wont Work

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semaja2

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Original poster
Hey guys,

For some reason items like Log Off and ShutDown/Restart wont work anymore, the only way i can logoff is to kill the loginwindow process and the only way to restart is but sudo shutdown -r NOW.

Does anyone know how to fix this besides archive install
 
Hmm... Maybe try trashing com.apple.loginwindow.plist from your Preferences folder then. 🙂
 
Apple Menu Items broke for All Users

My friends iMac is refusing to shut down, restart or log-out or Force Quit! I tell it to shut down from the Apple Menu, nothing happens.
As an experienced User , I've tried everything ... nothing works but Terminal
" sudo shutdown -r now "
Apple Menu uses Carbon AppleEvents ( ie, AeKRestart )... is there a preference link somewhere in "Library/" ?
This is maddening ... it began in Panther and continues into Tiger 10.4.8 !
I've tried all the System Preference settings ...

thnx for help on this ...
 
islandmonusvi said:
My friends iMac is refusing to shut down, restart or log-out or Force Quit! I tell it to shut down from the Apple Menu, nothing happens.
As an experienced User , I've tried everything ... nothing works but Terminal
" sudo shutdown -r now "
Apple Menu uses Carbon AppleEvents ( ie, AeKRestart )... is there a preference link somewhere in "Library/" ?
This is maddening ... it began in Panther and continues into Tiger 10.4.8 !
I've tried all the System Preference settings ...

thnx for help on this ...
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Try removing ~/Library/Preferences to the Desktop and restart. See if that fixes it. If it does then replace only the preferences you need like com.apple.dock.plist, or com.apple.mail.plist.
 
kwood said:
Try removing ~/Library/Preferences to the Desktop and restart. See if that fixes it. If it does then replace only the preferences you need like com.apple.dock.plist, or com.apple.mail.plist.
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This problem is so vexing because it is a ROOT issue not linked to any USER preference setting !
Something very deep is blocking the AppleEvent calls for these basic AppleMenuItem Scripts.
I've never encountered this type of problem : (
 
islandmonusvi said:
This problem is so vexing because it is a ROOT issue not linked to any USER preference setting !
Something very deep is blocking the AppleEvent calls for these basic AppleMenuItem Scripts.
I've never encountered this type of problem : (
Click to expand...

Sorry, I missed your second update post, I can't think of another way around doing an Archive and Install Preserving.
 
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