Spotlight, Copy/Paste, Dragging does not work

[TabulaRasa]

Hi

I installed Leopard on my Powerbook G4 without any problem I created a standard user account and I found the following problems.

1. Spotlight doesn't show up in my menu bar. I couldn't even invoke Spotlight with the 'Command-Space' shortcut. When I checked with mdutil, it says the internal drive is indexing enabled and I could even search with mdfind at the command line.

2. The strangest thing I noticed was I couldn't Copy/Paste in any of the applications (I have no problem doing Copy/Paste with Admin account).

3. I couldn't drag or move any files. It simply doesn't work.

FYI, I have installed Little Snitch (beta), TextExpander and Hazel and then uninstalled all these applications. But all the above mentioned problems still persist.

I would appreciate any help. Thank you in advance.

 

[Peace]

I'm guessing the "standard user account" you set up doesn't have the permission to read/write certain items/folders/files.

 

[bingaroony]

Copy/Paste not working, Spotlight gone etc too

Hi,

Did you find a way to fix this. I have the same issue. I can't copy/paste or drag files from window to window. My spotlight has also gone.

I have done all the obvious things... with permissions etc..

Thanks
Bing

 

[bingaroony]

Also can't install software

I also can't install software as well as the above not working. If I run my admin scripts, I also get an error on them.

Looks like a re-install...

 

[PowerFullMac]

I'm guessing the "standard user account" you set up doesn't have the permission to read/write certain items/folders/files.

Peace, LOL at your location!

What you need to do is go into Accounts Preferences and make sure that account is not on Simple Finder and if you have Leopard, make sure Parental Controls are not activated.

 

[bingaroony]

tired all sorts

Hi, I tired all sorts, in the end I did an archive and re-install of 10.5 which sorted it all out....