Mysterious item in dock at startup

It appears at startup, at the end of the main dock items just before the bar that separates the Apple-Mac OSX from the rest of the dock.
If I have the cursor in the right place I get a 'pipadeamon' or 'pipedaemon' text flash up – but typing those words into "find" gets me nada.
Any clues? And how to get rid of this irritating item!
P

It probably is one of the startup processes that need to run at boot time and then quit after doing their stuff.
Did you install any application that needs this kind of support? For example, antivirus, backup software, mouse drivers, etc. You can go into System Preferences>Accounts, click on the Admin account (presumably you will be logged into it) and check in the Login Items tab, which details what gets run at login time.
This is one of the reasons why I usually keep my Dock hidden.

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I read the Thread "Keep Item and Delete Item in Dock" but I didn't found a solution how I can integrate a similar feature in my Apple Script. I have a script with an if then else directive and my goal is that the Automator program icon should keep in active state (this small shining spot under the dock icon if a program is running)
An alternative option would be to place a small item in the menu bar but I don't know what is easier to implement. Here is the script:
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Is there a way to create such a visual hint which option is currently active. Other ideas are welcome.
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I also found myself in this situation and followed the instructions in this link. I deleted a couple of applications and the system was able to start up normally and I could then delete further files etc using the finder and securely emptying the trash.
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First, sorry if this is a duplicate post - I did a number of searches and came up with lots of "frozen dock" and other bugs that weren't this one. There seemed to be pages and pages and after several I just gave up and posted myself.
For the past few weeks I have noticed that I have been unable to remove any items from the dock. It is not that I get an error message when I try to remove them, they just don't budge.
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