10.4: Prevent VirtualDesktop Pro from crashing on startup

May 25, '05 09:03:00AM

Contributed by: ricciadams

Tiger only hintUnfortuately, 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:

  1. Open Terminal.app

  2. Navigate to the "CodeTek VirtualDesktop Pro.app" folder

  3. Navigate to Contents -> MacOS: cd Contents/MacOS

  4. Move the existing executable: mv "CodeTek VirtualDesktop Pro" "CodeTek VirtualDesktop Pro patch"

  5. Edit the new executable: pico "CodeTek VirtualDesktop Pro"

  6. Input the following into the file:
    
    #!/bin/bash
    
    defaults delete com.codetek.virtualdesktop3 SquaresDesktopLocation
    "$0 patch"
    
  7. Finally, set the new file as executable:
  8. chmod +x "CodeTek VirtualDesktop Pro"
[robg adds: I haven't tested this one, as I don't have the product...]

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