How to get rid of MouseWorks Background process?

[silverFox505]

I recently upgraded my wife's MacBook (3 years old) from Tiger to Snow Leopard using the full Snow Leopard CD. (not the $29 upgrade)

She used to have a Kensington MouseWorks wireless mouse with Tiger, but hasn't used it in over a year and doesn't plan to anymore. The problem is I can't get rid of MouseWorks Background process that is still running. When I kill the process in the Activity Monitor, it is there the next time the computer is rebooted. Any ideas for the safest way to permanently remove this process?

 

[spinnerlys]

Kill the process and use Finder to search for the file(s) associated with it.

To properly uninstall applications:

To manually remove an application and all associated files:

1. Launch Finder and search for the app name (hopefully unique, such as Skype)
2. You can narrow the search to specific folders or search your whole Mac
3. Searching "File Name" vs "Contents" usually provides better results.
4. Click the + button below the search term to add criteria
5. Click the "Album" drop-down and select "System files"
6. Click the "Don't include" and change to "include"
7. Sort by name, kind, date, etc. to identify components of the app, such as folders, .plist files, cache files. etc.
8. Delete all files and folders related to the app.
9. Don't empty your Trash until you've determined that everything is working OK, in case you need to restore something you deleted by accident.
10. A reboot might be necessary to completely remove some apps.

from Best way to FULLY DELETE a program?

 

[LPZ]

I recently upgraded my wife's MacBook (3 years old) from Tiger to Snow Leopard using the full Snow Leopard CD. (not the $29 upgrade)

She used to have a Kensington MouseWorks wireless mouse with Tiger, but hasn't used it in over a year and doesn't plan to anymore. The problem is I can't get rid of MouseWorks Background process that is still running. When I kill the process in the Activity Monitor, it is there the next time the computer is rebooted. Any ideas for the safest way to permanently remove this process?

Remove MouseWorks.prefPane from /Library/PreferencePanes

 

[silverFox505]

It worked

Thanks for the quick replies - the MouseWorks process is history now.