Accidentally deleted systemUIserver.app!

Question

Help!
A post on the apple tiger boards suggested deleting systemUIserver.app as a solution to disappearing menubar items...um, now that that file has been trashed, the activity monitor shows "systemUIserver.app" not responding....is there anyway to get that file reinstalled? I tried reinstalling the latest apple combo update to no avail...tried applejacks, kind of out of ideas....can anyone suggest anything here?
Thanks!

Answer 1

Hi, G-Mann.
Two ideas for you:
1. If it's still in the Trash, try moving it from the Trash to the folder from which you removed it , i.e. the /System/Library/CoreServices directory.
Permissions on SystemUIServer.app after you return it from the Trash should be the following — you may need to reset these manually from the Get Info window using your Admin account:
Owner: system
Access: Read & Write
Group: wheel
Access: Read only
Others: Read only
2. Otherwise, you can do either of the following:• Attempt to reinstalling it from your Tiger install discs using using the shareware application Pacifist. Pacifist has excellent usage instructions, so you should have no problems with it. After reinstalling SystemUIServer.app with Pacifist, reapply the Mac OS X 10.4.5 Combo Update
- Perform an Archive and Install: See my "General advice on performing an Archive and Install" FAQ for important tips. Perform the steps therein in the specified order.Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X
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