Multiple Login Items Instances

baryonyx · 03-05-2002, 05:54 PM

Here is my current Login Items list:

Microsoft Database Daemon
Keyboard Maestro
Desktop Calendar
iTunesHelper
DefaultFolder X
WindowShade X
Extensis Suitcase
Fruitmenu Daemon
Extensis Suitcase
FruitMenu Daemon
Xounds
WindowShade X
ClassicSpy.menu
Extensis Suitcase

You'll note that both WindowShade X and FruitMenu Daemon are listed twice and Extensis Suitcase is listed three times! I didn't do that--they seem to be doing it all by themselves. Nothing seems to be going wrong--my system seems stable enough--but this seems peculiar. Is anybody else experiencing this?

Andy

mervTormel · 03-05-2002, 08:04 PM

do some of the 'multiples' have a generic doc icon? remove them.

baryonyx · 03-06-2002, 06:42 AM

Some of the do have generic icons, and when I remove them they come back! Suitcase is the main culprit. Here's the weird part: when I remove all but one Suitcase login item, Suitcase quits on login with an error. I then have to start it up manually. Then it works fine. Then, after a while, multiple login instances appear. Weird, huh?

As for the others, does having them in /Library/PreferencePanes make a difference? I want these system enhancements available for all the users of this machine.

Andy

hschickel · 03-06-2002, 08:02 AM

Login Items has always been a little buggy if you have more than a few items inside it. This hint on MacOSXHints gives a solution to the problem.

Hugh

03-05-2002, 05:54 PM	#1
baryonyx Major Leaguer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bethesda, MD Posts: 300	Multiple Login Items Instances Here is my current Login Items list: Microsoft Database Daemon Keyboard Maestro Desktop Calendar iTunesHelper DefaultFolder X WindowShade X Extensis Suitcase Fruitmenu Daemon Extensis Suitcase FruitMenu Daemon Xounds WindowShade X ClassicSpy.menu Extensis Suitcase You'll note that both WindowShade X and FruitMenu Daemon are listed twice and Extensis Suitcase is listed three times! I didn't do that--they seem to be doing it all by themselves. Nothing seems to be going wrong--my system seems stable enough--but this seems peculiar. Is anybody else experiencing this? Andy

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03-05-2002, 08:04 PM	#2
mervTormel League Commissioner Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 5,536	do some of the 'multiples' have a generic doc icon? remove them.

03-06-2002, 06:42 AM	#3
baryonyx Major Leaguer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bethesda, MD Posts: 300	Some of the do have generic icons, and when I remove them they come back! Suitcase is the main culprit. Here's the weird part: when I remove all but one Suitcase login item, Suitcase quits on login with an error. I then have to start it up manually. Then it works fine. Then, after a while, multiple login instances appear. Weird, huh? As for the others, does having them in /Library/PreferencePanes make a difference? I want these system enhancements available for all the users of this machine. Andy

03-06-2002, 08:02 AM	#4
hschickel All Star Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: NY, NY Posts: 776	Login Items has always been a little buggy if you have more than a few items inside it. This hint on MacOSXHints gives a solution to the problem. Hugh