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Lucas Curious

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Once in a long while I get a popup that asks me to locate Microsoft PowerPoint. I never installed any Microsoft Office software on my Mac. No idea if this is some malware on my Mac. Why do I get this and how do I get rid of it? I attached a photo.
 

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The last time I got this popup (with a different app) was when I executed an Apple Script that referenced said app (called via BetterTouchTool).
Do you have perhaps migrated a shortcut / script that was used on a Mac with Microsoft PowerPoint and has a reference to it? And said script got executed via a shortcut / workflow or similar?
 
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I agree with @arw. This looks like a script failure to me.

The dialog shown in the screenshot is what appears when I put the following into a Script Editor window and run it.
Code:
tell application "No Such App" to activate
I deliberately used "No Such App" as the name of the target app, because I have no such app on my system. That name then appears in the window asking for "Where is No Such App?" above a list of candidate apps.
 
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The last time I got this popup (with a different app) was when I executed an Apple Script that referenced said app (called via BetterTouchTool).
Do you have perhaps migrated a shortcut / script that was used on a Mac with Microsoft PowerPoint and has a reference to it? And said script got executed via a shortcut / workflow or similar?
Used To have that tool in my Intel Mac but I did fresh start. Then I did use script to make dock appear and disappear instantly in m1 Mac. Now on m3 Mac.
 
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