property list editor opens every time I log in

[jc1350]

The property list editor opens every time I log in and it is driving me crazy. It opens /System/Library/Frameworks/AddressBook.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Italian.lproj/LDAPConfigView.nib.plist. I deleted that file, but the system just made a new copy and plist editor opened it after a reboot.

I don't have plist editor in my startup items.

Does anyone know how I can stop this?

UPDATE: I created a new user and that one also has the plist file open, but with textwrangler instead of property list editor.

 

[LPZ]

The property list editor opens every time I log in and it is driving me crazy. It opens /System/Library/Frameworks/AddressBook.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Italian.lproj/LDAPConfigView.nib.plist. I deleted that file, but the system just made a new copy and plist editor opened it after a reboot.

I don't have plist editor in my startup items.

Does anyone know how I can stop this?

UPDATE: I created a new user and that one also has the plist file open, but with textwrangler instead of property list editor.

Did you look in the system-wide location /Library/StartupItems on your HD?

 

[jc1350]

Yes, I did. The only things in there are:

Galaxy ParallelsDesktopTransporter
HP IO ParallelsTransporter
HP Trap Monitor VNC

HP = printer stuff, Galaxy = commvault backup used at work.

The directory names with this plist seem to be related to AddrssBook.app. But, I'm just guessing, of course.

this is a laptop and most of the time I just close the screen and have it sleep, so I can't remember way back when if anything changed (apple updates). One change I know I made is I installed the latest XQuartz, but I don't think that is related.

Thanks for the suggestion, though. I also checked:

/Library/LaunchDaemons/
/Library/LaunchAgents/
~/Library/LaunchAgents/

 

[LPZ]

Yes, I did. The only things in there are:

Galaxy ParallelsDesktopTransporter
HP IO ParallelsTransporter
HP Trap Monitor VNC

HP = printer stuff, Galaxy = commvault backup used at work.

The directory names with this plist seem to be related to AddrssBook.app. But, I'm just guessing, of course.

this is a laptop and most of the time I just close the screen and have it sleep, so I can't remember way back when if anything changed (apple updates). One change I know I made is I installed the latest XQuartz, but I don't think that is related.

Thanks for the suggestion, though. I also checked:

/Library/LaunchDaemons/
/Library/LaunchAgents/
~/Library/LaunchAgents/

How about taking a look at your system log:

Open the Console utility and look at File-->Open Quickly-->Files-->system.log

Should be something in there that will help you discover what's going on.

 

[jc1350]

I see some things concerning property lists in system.log. None for this particular .plist file. But, the messages are cryptic to me, so I need to investigate them more.

thanks again for the suggestions.

 

[jc1350]

I could not figure out an elegant way of solving this annoying problem.

Since it seemed related to language files that I don't use, I decided to roll the dice and nuked them all with monolingual.

I have rebooted/logged out only once, but the property list file did not open when I logged in.