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lbeachmike - Dec 29, 2005 - 12:01 am
Hi there -
I'm troubleshooting an issue which is very similar to one I'd seen posted on the forums, but remained unanswered -
When I try to control-click on a desktop icon, or any file, there is a very brief flahs while all of the desktop icons disappear and are then redrawn. If the control-click was on a file in an open window, the window ends up closed when this occurs.
This has always worked properly and just suddenly began to occur.
I'm very tech-savvy but have not had lots of recent Mac experience.
Please let me know if any additional details beyond the below would be helpful - and thanks in advance for your help!
Details of my setup are as follows -
OS X Version 10.4.3
Hardware Overview:
Machine Name: Power Mac G5
Machine Model: PowerMac7,2
CPU Type: PowerPC 970 (2.2)
Number Of CPUs: 1
CPU Speed: 1.6 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 768 MB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 5.1.5f2
Serial Number: YM338RZTNVQ
I'm troubleshooting an issue which is very similar to one I'd seen posted on the forums, but remained unanswered -
When I try to control-click on a desktop icon, or any file, there is a very brief flahs while all of the desktop icons disappear and are then redrawn. If the control-click was on a file in an open window, the window ends up closed when this occurs.
This has always worked properly and just suddenly began to occur.
I'm very tech-savvy but have not had lots of recent Mac experience.
Please let me know if any additional details beyond the below would be helpful - and thanks in advance for your help!
Details of my setup are as follows -
OS X Version 10.4.3
Hardware Overview:
Machine Name: Power Mac G5
Machine Model: PowerMac7,2
CPU Type: PowerPC 970 (2.2)
Number Of CPUs: 1
CPU Speed: 1.6 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 768 MB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 5.1.5f2
Serial Number: YM338RZTNVQ
philippe99 - Dec 29, 2005 - 3:58 am
Mike, welcome to macosx.com
I will suspect it was a problem with a contextual menu item installed in /Library/Contextual Menu Items or in ~/Library/Contextual Menu Items.
Do you had a quick look at the user's crashreporter logs in Console ?
The most well-known culprit (as far as I know):
(1) Stuffit stuff: "StuffitCM", a contextual menu installed with Allume Stuffit Deluxe. Drag it out of the /Library/Contextual Menu Items/ folder and relogin back
(2) Unsanity's Applicataion Enhancer (APE) along with LabelsX: uninstall both of them (a conflict between the two products).
Regards
Philippe
I will suspect it was a problem with a contextual menu item installed in /Library/Contextual Menu Items or in ~/Library/Contextual Menu Items.
Do you had a quick look at the user's crashreporter logs in Console ?
The most well-known culprit (as far as I know):
(1) Stuffit stuff: "StuffitCM", a contextual menu installed with Allume Stuffit Deluxe. Drag it out of the /Library/Contextual Menu Items/ folder and relogin back
(2) Unsanity's Applicataion Enhancer (APE) along with LabelsX: uninstall both of them (a conflict between the two products).
Regards
Philippe
lbeachmike - Dec 29, 2005 - 9:58 pm
Philippe - you are awesome! As soon as I read the suggestion with regard to the Stuffit issue, I knew that would turn out to be the cause of the problem - after all, Stuffit embeds itself into the context menu. Nice troubleshooting! You're 1 for 1 with me - a perfect track record - thanks so much and have a great New Year!
Michael
Michael
philippe99 - Dec 30, 2005 - 6:10 am
Michael, I'm very glad to have helped you on this point.
Thank you for using macosx.com
All my best wishes to you and your family for 2006
Greetings from a snowy Belgium
Philippe
Thank you for using macosx.com
All my best wishes to you and your family for 2006
Greetings from a snowy Belgium
Philippe
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