Or just drag the prefs file onto the desktop (Mac) long enough to verify
that, as expected, a problem has nothing to do with the prefs file.

When I first started dealing with Customer Support they were telling me to
drag to trash, empty trash, reboot. After one of those I balked at doing it
a second time, and they admitted that moving to desktop was sufficient.
They are just trying to idiot-proof their script.

The only time that trashing the prefs file actually helped solve a problem
for me was when I had manually changed a default preference that was not
compatible with whatever I was trying to do. All I would have had to do is
change the setting in the dialog box, but C.S. apparently did not know
that. Trashing the Prefs file is a far overused crutch.

On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 9:33 AM, Christopher Smith <
[email protected]> wrote:

> While this is true enough, if you keep a clean copy of your preferences
> nearby and simply replace the current prefs, it makes life a lot less
> painful. You can also trash the prefs WITHOUT emptying the trash (or just
> drag it to the desktop) and if that doesn't solve the problem, then just
> drag the file back again.
>
> Christopher
>
>
> On Tue Nov 6, at TuesdayNov 6 9:23 AM, Fiskum, Steve wrote:
>
> > Couldn't agree with you more.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > On 11/5/12 5:47 PM, "Robert Patterson" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Most such claims merely provide an
> >> excuse not delve deeper and find the real problem, meanwhile putting
> those
> >> of us who tweak the preferences at a severe cost of additional labor.
> >
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