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"installer not responding" issue
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<blockquote data-quote="Lifeisabeach" data-source="post: 1230995" data-attributes="member: 38864"><p>It may well be a simply matter of a corrupt prefs file, though I'm hard pressed to think of which exact .pref file it could be. The simplest thing to do to help prove this is to try creating a new user account and log into that. If the installer does not freeze while under that user account, then the problem most certainly lays somewhere with your usual user account.</p><p></p><p>If you are able to successfully use your new user account just fine, then I would start back with the regular user account, make a backup copy of the Preferences folder from your user's Library, then delete the Preferences folder and log out/in. This will reset ALL of your preferences for everything (including Safari bookmarks, for example, so be sure you made your backup!!), but no sweat just yet. Try an installer. If it now works, then we know the problem lays in the Preferences and the hard part is narrowing it down. It could well be a hidden one… there's no easy way to tell short of trial and error. I had a really odd issue once with a widget that was acting up, and I eventually traced it to a hidden .pref file that had absolutely nothing to do with that widget or the app it was tied to.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lifeisabeach, post: 1230995, member: 38864"] It may well be a simply matter of a corrupt prefs file, though I'm hard pressed to think of which exact .pref file it could be. The simplest thing to do to help prove this is to try creating a new user account and log into that. If the installer does not freeze while under that user account, then the problem most certainly lays somewhere with your usual user account. If you are able to successfully use your new user account just fine, then I would start back with the regular user account, make a backup copy of the Preferences folder from your user's Library, then delete the Preferences folder and log out/in. This will reset ALL of your preferences for everything (including Safari bookmarks, for example, so be sure you made your backup!!), but no sweat just yet. Try an installer. If it now works, then we know the problem lays in the Preferences and the hard part is narrowing it down. It could well be a hidden one… there's no easy way to tell short of trial and error. I had a really odd issue once with a widget that was acting up, and I eventually traced it to a hidden .pref file that had absolutely nothing to do with that widget or the app it was tied to. [/QUOTE]
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