Applications won't launch, shutdown hangs

Hi All,
I've seen posts with similar symptoms to mine, but none with a fix:
Everything was running fine, then all of a sudden applications refused to launch. First it was System Preferences, then Console.app, then SubEthaEdit - nothing could be launched any more. Running applications worked fine, so at least I was able to save my work and shut all apps down.
I had a Terminal.app running and was able to have a look at which processes were running, etc. but couldn't see anything that looked like a rogue process or anything which was hogging resources.
Next, I tried to HUP the Dock, but it went and didn't come back.
I then tried to log out. Everything was closed, but the background remained and the system did not log out.
The only button that still worked was the power button - it brought up the restart / shutdown menu fine. But when I selected either restart or shutdown, nothing happened. The mouse was working fine also BTW. I also noticed that while I was able to change the volume with the usual keys, the see-through icons didn't appear - only the 'ping' sound was made.
The system came up fine, and everything appears to be working at the moment - no problems launching apps etc.
I checked the Console and didn't see anything particularly out of the ordinary. I saw spindump entries for all the apps I'd tried to launch, but which didn't (they were added to the Dock, but without the 'active' dot underneath them, and I was able to context-click and Force Quit them from the Dock). I also saw hang logs for each app corresponding to the time when they wouldn't launch.
The only slightly weird thing that happened before all the crazy madness was that my AirPort connection suddenly went wobbly. It lost its connection all together and it took a while for me to convince it to come back online. The AirPort Utility didn't show either base station reporting any problems (I have a TimeCapsule as the main base station and an AirPort Express extending that network out to the office). The system was trying to perform a backup at the time - not sure if that's what was causing the weirdness.
Next time it happens, I might try HUPping the window server or something to see what happens then. Of course, I'm hoping it doesn't happen again
Any hints / tips / experiences / etc more than welcome
Cheers,
C

I have now added back all the items which were in my original Logins List except for "Spark Daemon" (a shortcuts manager), which I no longer have on my system. Leopard appears to be running fine now. Perhaps populating the list again was all that was needed.

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This problem just started today. I think it may have something to do with cleaning out my hard drive of stuff I didn't need. I ran 2 programs, Monolingual, which deletes all unnecessary languages from Safari, Adium, etc. The other program I ran was iDefrag, which obviously defragments your hard drive.
Now, a bunch of my applications won't open, but rather I get the '___ quit unexpectedly' dialog. For some reason, iTunes seems unaffected, but Safari and Firefox and Disk Utility and a whole slew of other apps (pretty much every Apple app that I tried to open) won't even open, and I get the 'quit unexpectedly' message.
Does anyone have ANY clue why this is happening? I've tried restarting, but nothing. And I can't even repair my disk permissions because Disk Utility and Terminal won't open, they are messed up as well.
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HI and Welcome to Apple Discussions...
Try deleting this file.
com.apple.LaunchServices.plist
/Users/YourName/Library/Preferences. Drag that file from the Preferences folder to the Trash, empty the Trash and restart your Mac.
Also, make sure you have sufficient disk space.
Right or control click the MacintoshHD icon. Click Get Info. In the Get Info window you will see Capacity and Available. Make sure you always have a minimum of 10% to 15% free disk space at all times.
Carolyn

Rosetta applications won't launch

Hi,
i have a rather weird problem with my OS X installation. When i try to launch a rosetta application (non-UB), the application doesn't launch. If I launch it from the Dock, the icon will just bounce a couple of times (1-2 seconds) and will then quit. If i launch it from anywhere else on the computer, nothing happens.
Any of you know what could cause this problem?
Regards,
Rune
Macbook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Good morning and thanks for your insight!
I ran the disk utility from the startup disk and it made repairs to the startup disk! After this, the problem still appears; when I launch some applications "nothing happens". A dialog box does not appear prompting to retry or posts an error.
It seems as part of the os was corrupted or a system preference file (os9) needs to be deleted.
Even if I reinstall these applications they don’t launch.
Using “Console” here are some messages:
Mac OS X Version 10.4.8 (Build 8L127)
2007-01-31 07:33:07 -0600
2007-01-31 07:33:08.223 loginwindow[78] FSResolveAliasWithMountFlags returned err = -43
2007-01-31 07:33:08.224 loginwindow[78] FSResolveAliasWithMountFlags returned err = -43
dyld: Library not loaded: /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/WebKit
Referenced from: /Extensis Suitcase Fusion/Suitcase Fusion.app/Contents/MacOS/Suitcase Fusion
Reason: no suitable image found. Did find:
/System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/WebKit: unknown file type, first eight bytes: 0x5F 0x03 0x55 0xE6 0xFA 0x2B 0x38 0x04
/System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/WebKit: unknown file type, first eight bytes: 0x5F 0x03 0x55 0xE6 0xFA 0x2B 0x38 0x04
2007-01-31 07:33:10.115 WeatherPop[118] system version = 1048
2007-01-31 07:33:10.284 WeatherPop[118] No Menu Extra Enabler
Jan 31 07:33:10 g5 mDNSResponder: Adding browse domain local.
2007-01-31 07:33:11.294 SystemUIServer[94] lang is:en
2007-01-31 07:33:11.833 HPEventHandler[153]: DebugAssert: Third Party Client: ((__null) != m_lock && 0 == (*__error())) Can't create semaphore lock [/Volumes/Development/HP/Mac-Software/mac-software/core/HPEventHandler/Sources/ HPTMNotificationManager.cpp:60]
2007-01-31 07:33:14.136 WeatherPopApp[166] Vended com.glu.WeatherPop0
2007-01-31 07:33:14.401 WeatherPopApp[166] WeatherPop Advance is registered.
2007-01-31 07:33:15.329 WeatherPopApp[166] Could not connect the action buttonPressed: to target of class NSApplication
2007-01-31 07:33:15.329 WeatherPopApp[166] Could not connect the action buttonPressed: to target of class NSApplication
2007-01-31 07:33:15.329 WeatherPopApp[166] Could not connect the action buttonPressed: to target of class NSApplication
2007-01-31 07:33:15.330 WeatherPopApp[166] Could not connect the action buttonPressed: to target of class NSApplication
-----> using the default for dK=[icon] tS=[currentconds]
dyld: Library not loaded: /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/WebKit
Referenced from: /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari
Reason: no suitable image found. Did find:
/System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/WebKit: unknown file type, first eight bytes: 0x5F 0x03 0x55 0xE6 0xFA 0x2B 0x38 0x04
/System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/WebKit: unknown file type, first eight bytes: 0x5F 0x03 0x55 0xE6 0xFA 0x2B 0x38 0x04
Jan 31 07:35:45 g5 crashdump[239]: Safari crashed
Jan 31 07:35:45 g5 crashdump[239]: crash report written to: /Users/kenheraty/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/Safari.crash.log
dyld: Library not loaded: /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/WebKit
Referenced from: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/iPodSync.framework/Versions/A/iPodSync
Reason: no suitable image found. Did find:
/System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/WebKit: unknown file type, first eight bytes: 0x5F 0x03 0x55 0xE6 0xFA 0x2B 0x38 0x04
/System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/WebKit: unknown file type, first eight bytes: 0x5F 0x03 0x55 0xE6 0xFA 0x2B 0x38 0x04
Jan 31 07:35:58 g5 crashdump[241]: iTunes crashed
Jan 31 07:35:58 g5 crashdump[241]: crash report written to: /Users/kenheraty/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/iTunes.crash.log
-----> using the default for dK=[icon] tS=[currentconds]
dyld: Library not loaded: /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/WebKit
Referenced from: /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari
Reason: no suitable image found. Did find:
/System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/WebKit: unknown file type, first eight bytes: 0x5F 0x03 0x55 0xE6 0xFA 0x2B 0x38 0x04
/System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/WebKit: unknown file type, first eight bytes: 0x5F 0x03 0x55 0xE6 0xFA 0x2B 0x38 0x04
Jan 31 07:50:46 g5 crashdump[252]: Safari crashed
Jan 31 07:50:46 g5 crashdump[252]: crash report written to: /Users/kenheraty/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/Safari.crash.log

Applications won't launch from dock

I have recently had to re install tiger and was not able to use archive function so had to erase.
Most files etc were OK and was able to shift stuff around between the macs hard drive and an external storage device.
Lost of stuff got duplicated and I've been trying to sort out the mess!
I'm pretty well there now but have one last weird problem.
I can't launch the Word or Excell apps from the dock.
I've deleted and added them and also re installed the Office software but it still won't work.
I can open any of my Word or Excell files from the docs folder but the programme won't launch from the dock
Any ideas?

What happens if you go to office preferences (from your pulldown menu with Word or Excel open) >> general >> "show project gallery at startup" and deselect that item?
It's also possible that it could be a font that Office does not care for. Try dragging ~(yourhome)/library/fonts to the desktop and logging out and back in or restarting.
-mj
[email protected]

Applications won't launch when a file from Finder or Dock is opened

With Snow Leopard i'm experiencing the following problem:
After a while of operating, if an application isn't launched and i open a file of that app from the Finder or the Dock, the app's blue indicator blinks for a very long time and when it's finally open the app freezes. only option is to force quit the app.
But i can in fact open the file, if i open the app first and then select the file with the open dialog.
This happenes with every application: +Archive Utility.app, TextEdit.app, Preview.app+ and non-Apple apps.
When i reboot, the problem is gone for about an hour.
Any solutions?

Rebuilding the launch services database sounds like a good thing to try - except on Snow, the directory LaunchServices.framework doesn't exist in the place that that link points to.
Its now in /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchS ervices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister according to [Tuaw|http://www.tuaw.com/2009/06/11/terminal-tips-rebuild-your-launch-services -database-to-clean-up>
I've just rebuilt - I'll post in a few hours if it worked.....
Andy

Java 7 u45 Web Start application won't launch

I maintain an Eclipse RCP application launched with WebStart. Java 7 u45 made some security changes, and now my application crashes on startup.
I've added to the manifest:
Permissions: all-permissions
Codebase: *
Trusted-Library: true
This removed all of the warning messages from the Control Panel. But I still have a classloader issue when trying to load the first necessary class from my jar. This is new to update 45. To add to the complication, my application uses Eclipse RCP, so the classloading is through OSGi.

This likely won't answer your question, but this update has messed up quite a bit with the way applet security is handled.
There are a laundry list of "known issues" in the release notes and they don't make sense.
For example, I use JavaScript to communicate to my applet and I have several trusted signed jars on it's class path. To permit JavaScript calls, a new parameter "Caller-Allowable-Codebase: http://*.mysite.etc" must be provided. To permit my applet to communicate with other jars I had previously used "Trusted-Library: true", but that setting now displays a false warning. Here's the KNOWN ISSUE from Oracle:
KNOWN ISSUE
Area: Deployment/Plugin
Synopsis: Caller-Allowable-Codebase may be ignored when used with Trusted-Library.
If a trusted, signed JAR file is using the Caller-Allowable-Codebase manifest attribute along with Trusted-Library then the Caller-Allowable-Codebase manifest entry will be ignored and, as a result, a JavaScript -> Java call will show the native LiveConnect warning. The workaround is to remove the Trusted-Library manifest entry.
Next, I generally test my applet by running a sample.html from my desktop. With Java 7 u45, this fails with an InvocationTargetException.
java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException ...
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.loadAllowedCodebases(Unknown Source)
Is this a KNOWN ISSUE too? Hard to tell.. here's the snippet from the release notes...
KNOWN ISSUE
Area: Deployment/Plugin
Synopsis: Applet could fail to load by throwing NPE if pack compression is used with deployment caching disabled.
If a JAR file is using pack compression with manifest entries Permissions and Caller-Allowable-Codebase while deployment caching is disabled, then:
The Permissions manifest entry will be ignored. (This can be seen from the fact that yellow warning is there on security dialog even though the Permissions attribute is there.) This only happens if Caller-Allowable-Codebase attribute is present along with the Permissionsattribute.
The Caller-Allowable-Codebase attribute will cause the applet to fail to load by throwing ajava.lang.NullPointerException.
I don't use deployment caching because it started causing problems with Java 7 u21. Adding the cache_jar parameter back in doesn't fix this. But the irony is this exception is only raised with the Trusted Godaddy Certificate and only when being launched from file:/// url. The Self-Signed version actually works (although some dialogs appear, but no NPE). This doesn't make any sense. Furthermore, when the trusted-signed version is launched from http:// it works fine. Should I turn off compression (and why would anyone do this?)
But what's worse than all of this listed above is when I finally choose the right combination of settings that permits the applet to load, it completely fails on older versions such as Java 7 u40 and Java 7 u21. My applet is compiled using JDK 5 for backwards compatibility with Mac PPC Java 1.5 and Mac Intel Java 1.6 (the sun one has compatibility issues on Mac only), but now does every client need to update to Java 7 u45? What about the scenarios where the upgrade isn't possible due to compatibility or availability? I wish I could answer this.
I'm struggling with this and so is my open source project. Any expert insight advice is appreciated. I'd happily compensate someone for assistance.
-Tres Finocchiaro

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