Menu bar question

[TerenceW]

Does anybody know how to remove redundant icons from the menu bar in Mavericks? I've uninstalled and App I didn't want but the icon is still there. Click on it, and I get the message that 'The app cannot run simultaneously in two different sessions'... Except that it's not running anywhere since it no longer exists!

Help would be appreciated!

Terence

 

[maflynn]

Did you trying holding the control key down and then drag it off the menu?

Check the startup items in the User & Groups preference panel

 

[TerenceW]

Did you trying holding the control key down and then drag it off the menu?

Check the startup items in the User & Groups preference panel

Thanks. Yes, I did, but that only works for the System Icons, not for third party installed apps, apparently...

It doesn't appear in the startup items - in fact several others don't, either.

 

[maflynn]

Its the command key, my bad.

Then the reason why its still there, is the app may still be running, as I mentioned check what's starting up (found in the Users preference)

 

[TerenceW]

Its the command key, my bad.

Then the reason why its still there, is the app may still be running, as I mentioned check what's starting up (found in the Users preference)

Yes, I used the command key - I don't think I notice you saying 'Control'! I've completely uninstalled the app (logmein) and I can't find any instances of it anywhere except in Activity Monitor, where it refers to 'Logmein menu bar' with 10 threads.

It doesn't appear at all in the Preferences/Users/Login Items, which I find a bit puzzling.

 

[mojolicious]

This?

 

[TerenceW]

Hmm... All I find are a lot of 'Preferences' documents and at the bottom of the list a 'shellext.log' that goes from June 30 - July 20 with every entry saying 'unable to find path for fiNode.

 

[TerenceW]

I found advice to do this - open the terminal and type: launchctl remove com.logmein.logmeingui

It worked, so is good or future reference...

 

[mojolicious]

I found advice to do this - open the terminal and type: launchctl remove com.logmein.logmeingui

It worked, so is good or future reference...

As referenced here?

It sounds so insidious that it's bordering on malware.

 

[TerenceW]

Ah, no, I hadn't seen that thread. I had checked that directory though and there was no instance of Logmein. It was in this thread: http://community.logmein.com/t5/Free/remove-logmein-from-os-x-menu-bar/td-p/84722

You're right - it is bordering on Malware, since I found at lease 6 instances of it in different parts of the iMac.

 

[PixelpusherBV]

I had the same problem with logmein. I used Appzapper to get rid of most of the files, then spotlight to find more, but had to go manual & find the remaining hooks in the library & finally got rid of that icon.