Re: [FCP-L] Compressor wont open

Yes I did reboot
Preferences were inside user folder

Ran AppleJack and no go.

This now goes on to Xfiles.

Lou
On Oct 23, 2009, at 10:46 AM, B Conner - FCP-L wrote:

> Did you reboot after trashing all the user preferences?
>
> And please excuse me for being a nanny, but the preferences you
> trashed
> were inside ~/Preferences where ~ is your user Home folder, right?
>
> If that's all correct, then you have an impossible set of
> circumstances.
> WRT opening apps, the difference between a new user and an old user is
> the new user Preferences folder. If you trash it, reboot and try your
> app again, it's equal to opening the app with a new user.
>
> Unless your old user is not an Admin user and the new user is an
> Admin user.
>
>
> Brian
>
>
> Lou Wirth wrote:
>> Sorry to keep on this but maybe the info is useful to others. I ran
>> Compressor repair and no good. I logged on as another user and was
>> able to open Compressor. So I went back and logged on as original
>> user and trashed all preferences. Compressor would not open (Quit
>> unexpectedly error window). Already did a reinstall this
>> morning. Dual G5 running OS 10.4.11 and never had an issue before.
>>
>> Lou
>> On Oct 23, 2009, at 9:41 AM, Robin S. Kurz wrote:
>>
>>> When you say "won't open", do you mean it literally won't START?
>>> Or do
>>> you mean it STARTS, only you don't see any windows? (ah, just
>>> checked.
>>> It won't start, period. Ah well, I'll post anyway for prosperity)
>>>
>>> Cause I've had the exact scenario before also (more than once, I'm
>>> sure) and at least ONE of the times simply selecting any of the
>>> preset
>>> window layouts from the Window menu kicked it back to life! Very
>>> bizarre. That is of course if we're talking about the latter
>>> situation.
>>>
>>> Otherwise I could only recommend the already mentioned "Compressor
>>> Repair" and Prefs route.
>>>
>>> Oh, and on a side note: when I was trying to record a tutorial with
>>> Compressor it opened and nothing happened also. Tried everything,
>>> literally for hours, nothing worked... drove me nuts... until: I
>>> changed the resolution from 1024 (that I needed for the capture) to
>>> 1200+... only THEN, I kid you not, did a window become visible/pop
>>> up
>>> that said "I don't work below a resolution of 1200 yada yada...".
>>>
>>> I won't mention HOW lame I thought that was NOR my blood-pressure
>>> readout at that moment.
>>>
>>> - RK
>>>
>>>
>>> On 23.10.2009, at 18:15, Lou Wirth wrote:
>>>
>>>> Reinstalled Compressor and .....same problem. Wont open. Its soooo
>>>> baffling as it has always been fine and then overnight. It no
>>>> longer
>>>> opens.
>>>>
>>>> Yes I can long in as another user but forget that as a regular
>>>> workflow. I have to hop into compressor 10 times a day sending off
>>>> review cuts. Have been using Streamclip in the meantime. But the
>>>> real concern for me is how this critical app just plain broke.
>>>>
>>>> Lou
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>>
>> Lou Wirth Productions
>> 500Tamal Plaza, Suite 522
>> Corte Madera, CA 94925
>> www.louwirth.com
>> 415-924-9411p
>>
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