10.4: Prevent VirtualDesktop Pro from crashing on startup
May 25, '05 09:03:00AM
Contributed by: ricciadams
Unfortuately, Codetek's VirtualDesktop Pro seems to crash on startup under Tiger.
I have traced the problem down to the SquaresDesktopLocation property of the plist file. To fix this, do the following:
- Open Terminal.app
- Navigate to the "CodeTek VirtualDesktop Pro.app" folder
- Navigate to Contents -> MacOS: cd Contents/MacOS
- Move the existing executable: mv "CodeTek VirtualDesktop Pro" "CodeTek VirtualDesktop Pro patch"
- Edit the new executable: pico "CodeTek VirtualDesktop Pro"
- Input the following into the file:
#!/bin/bash
defaults delete com.codetek.virtualdesktop3 SquaresDesktopLocation
"$0 patch"
- Finally, set the new file as executable:
chmod +x "CodeTek VirtualDesktop Pro"
[robg adds: I haven't tested this one, as I don't have the product...]
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