Print & Fax Pane in System Preferences will not open
Hey, Folks, Anybody had this problem?
I am running 10.3.9 and I can't get the Print & Fax pane to open in System Preferences. All of the other panes will open. Does anyone know a fix or workaround for this problem? I would like to set up faxing from my computer which is an iMac flat-panel @ 800mgh.
Thanking you in advance,
Gerry Harpole
iMac flat-panel Mac OS X (10.3.9)
Dan,
I do not believe or advocate that moving plist files to another user will solve plist corruption. Knowing that the problem is limited to a single user should eliminate your OS installation concerns.
Checking Console for clues, and Resolving Disk, Permission, and Cache Corruption, by Dr. Smoke would be my next recommendation.
I would also recommend that you check out Font Management in Mac OS X Tiger and Panther, by Kurt Lang.
;~)
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<string>com.adobe.versioncueCS3</string>
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<key>KeepAlive</key>
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In the system library I have "Keyboard.prefPane" version 3.13. Clicking on it opens a blank "system preferences" page entitled "keyboard and mouse".
Your help would be greatly appreciated!
PowerBook G4 1.25 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.9)Reinstallation solved the problem.
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After upgrading to 10.6.8.... When selecting System preferences from the apple in the upper left corner, no action take place. System preferences will not open.
After upgrading to 10.6.8.... When selecting System preferences from the apple in the upper left corner, no action take place. System preferences will not open.
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My system preferences will not open, what is wrong?
can some one please give me a hand... I can not open my system prefence from and of the 3 way it can be opened. Is there any place on line that I could possibly reinstall the OS so that it can be functional?
Thanks for your response, and sorry it did not make sence... I wanted to know why my system prefence will not open. I click on it and absoltuley nothing happens. I try to back door it by right clicking to try and change my back ground picture, but that gives me a sound you would hear when the CPU or program won't let you do somthing. Maybe someone else has had the same problem and was able to fix it. I hope that clears it up.
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System preferences will not open
I have the macbook pro 13. the previous owner did something that is preventing me to open the system prefrences in the upper left or the dock station. The system prefrences screen will pop up in the middle of my screen and then dissapear. Sometimes there is a blue bubble on under the dock system prefrences icon but like I said it pops up and then dissappears or shuts down on its own. the screen turns off as fast as it opens. I have googled, and reserached and tried a few things but none are working.. I can't get into any of the prefrences to change things like the date and time or get into passwords to change the last owners name and personal information to change it all over to my name, etc.. Crappier part is I am in Afghan and this laptop does not have a disk to it for me to ust re-format it or re-install. I currently have version 10.7.2.
Did he delete something, or lock up this section.. This is me being a first time apple owner,, so any help would be great.. I have even held the control key down, clicked the dock icon and tried to select a specific section and same problem occurs,, pos up then shuts off. If I select a specific folder while holding the control button,, it will go to that selection and I can see for a split second I am in the folder but then it shuts down again.Sorry to hear you're having trouble with your first Mac!
Have you tried restarting?
If so, and the problem persists, then do this:
Go to the Finder and open a new window. On the left side, click on "Applications" and go down to "Utilities" and open "Disk utility". Click on your harddrive and then "Repair Permissions" (give it a few minutes to complete), then restart. See if System Preferences will open. If not, then do the following:
In a Finder window, click on your User name on the left (under the section labeled "Places"). Then click on "Library" then "Preferences" and then find the file called "com.apple.systempreferences.plist" and delete it. Empty the trash and try again to launch System Preferences. Hope that works! Please post back whether it does or not so others can help if the problem is not solved. -
My system preferences will not open. What's wrong?
Question:
Suddenly, the system preferences on my MacBook will not open.
The error box said "the application system preferences can't be opened" and also had the number 1712 in it...
Anyone know what might be wrong?Try the solution shown in this thread.
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My system preference will not open.
First I have OSX 10.6.7. for some reason It will not open. I tried to follow some of the advice that I saw on previous post like deleting com.apple.systemprefence...... and other files from the comments but it still will not open. I need help please.
If you use any utility to clean system caches, stop, as that may impact your ability to launch various Apple applications.
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Used migration assistant to set up new Macbook pro from old macbook pro. Many "profile" problems.
Will not even open "System Preferences" for user whose profile info was transferred. (Will for "Administrator")
Cannot use Firefox or Thunderbird, profile missing.
Help???Launch the Console application by entering the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search, and look under "User Diagnostic Reports" for crash logs related to the application(s). Select the most recent one and post the contents -- the text, please, not a screenshot. For privacy’s sake, I suggest you edit out the “Anonymous UUID,” a long string of letters, numbers, and dashes in the header of the report.
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System preferences will not open using G4 OS 10.3.9
When I click on the system preferences upder the "apple" nothing happens
G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9)Hi again jiclark2002,
re: "I trashed a preferences file now not only can I not open systems preferences I cannot not connect to my home network"
What preference file did you trash?
Your machine will run OS 10.4 Tiger fine but you will need to take advantage of the media exchange program to get Tiger on CD. I believe you can upgrade via firewire connection to another Mac with a DVD drive also. I have not upgraded my machines so I can't advise much in that department.
You can purchase Panther disks from sources such as ebay or AppleRescue etc. Make sure you purchase "full" retail install disks and not machine specific disks if you decide to go that route. Probably much cheaper than purchasing OSX Tiger disks and with the new OS coming out soon (10.5) would probably be a wiser buy.
You really need operating system disks to run Repair Disk from DiskUtility on the install disks anyways if the need arises. You really do need install disks!
If you post back exactly what you've done perhaps there might be a way out through troubleshooting. Did you trash the .plist for SystemPreferences or some other .plist?
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The System Preferences will not open on my eMac. How do I get it to open?
I cannot get the system preferences to open on my eMac. I think it is a G4 running OS 10.4. How do I get it to work?
Not sure on this one and apple isn't much help on this.First, Safe Boot , (holding Shift key down at bootup), use Disk Utility from there to Repair Permissions, test if things work OK in Safe Mode.
Then move these files to the Desktop...
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.recentitems.plist
Reboot & test.
PS. Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive. -
System preferences will not open, system preferences will not open
I am trying to make changes in my system and can not get system preferences to open. I have shut down, restarted, updated software with no changes. It briefly opens with a blank screen and then closes. HElp!
Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the page that opens.
Step 1
Enter the name of the crashed application (System Preferences) or process in the Filter text field. Post the messages from the time of the last crash, if any — the text, please, not a screenshot.
Important: Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Edit it out by search-and-replace in a text editor before posting.
Step 2
Still in the Console window, look under User Diagnostic Reports for crash reports related to the process. The report name starts with the name of the crashed process, and ends with ".crash". Select the most recent report and post the contents — again, the text, not a screenshot. In the interest of privacy, I suggest that, before posting, you edit out the “Anonymous UUID,” a long string of letters, numbers, and dashes in the header of the report, if it’s present (it may not be.) Please don’t post shutdownStall, spin, or hang logs — they're very long and not helpful.
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