If it looks like this, then the "Stop Process" button at the top left is what to click. You have to have the GrowlHelperApp line selected.
Chris http://diglloyd.com/diglloyd/blog-images/2006/08/20/ActivityMonitor-all.gif On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 5:11 PM, brightbutterfly < [email protected]> wrote: > how do i kill the growlhelper in activity monitor? what are the steps > (there's no obvious way i can see to do it and i don't want to mess > up). > > > On May 28, 2:38 pm, Christopher Forsythe <[email protected]> wrote: > > Try this. > > > > Kill GrowlHelperApp in Activity Monitor, then empty the trash. > > > > On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 4:21 PM, brightbutterfly < > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > when i open system preferences growl is not there, and i know that it > > > should be. the only thing that was there was the Growl.prefPane, which > > > i moved to the trash. this has been happening since i originally tried > > > to uninstall a couple months ago. it just started driving me nuts with > > > the pop ps, which is why i want to fix it now. so, it is not in system > > > prefs, but is showing up in the activity monitor and i have the pref > > > pane in my trash (but it wont delete). > > > > > On May 28, 1:52 pm, Christopher Forsythe <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > When you open System Preferences is Growl there? > > > > > > When did this start happening? > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 3:36 PM, brightbutterfly < > > > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > i downloaded and used uninstaller but i am still getting pop ups. > the > > > > > activity monitor says that GrowlHelper.app is still there. how do i > > > > > get this resolved? seems obviously to be growl and not another app. > > > > > > > On May 28, 12:19 pm, Christopher Forsythe <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > That's not how to uninstall Growl. > > > > > > > > Growl has a great uninstaller, it ships with the Growl disk > image. > > > > > > > > Please download the Growl installer fromhttp://growl.info > > > > > > > > Once there, open the disk image, find the uninstaller, and remove > > > Growl. > > > > > > > > If you continue to have popups, it may be another program. An > easy > > > way to > > > > > > see if Growl is running, is to look in Activity Monitor and > verify > > > that > > > > > > GrowlHelperApp is running. If it is not running, then it's not > Growl. > > > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 2:10 PM, Michel Tribet < > > > [email protected] > > > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi all and brightbutterfly, > > > > > > > > > If you really want to remove totally an app, try to use a > program > > > > > called > > > > > > > "Find Any File" (http://apps.tempel.org/FindAnyFile/), it has > > > helped > > > > > me in > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > past to remove parts of apps I wanted to get rid... > > > > > > > > > And, for me, Growl is a wonderful tool that I don't have the > > > intention > > > > > to > > > > > > > get rid... > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > > > > Michel > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > Google > > > > > Groups > > > > > > > "Growl Discuss" group. > > > > > > > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > > > . > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > > > > [email protected]<growldiscuss%[email protected]> > <growldiscuss%[email protected]<growldiscuss%[email protected]> > > > > > <growldiscuss%[email protected]<growldiscuss%[email protected]> > <growldiscuss%[email protected]<growldiscuss%[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > <growldiscuss%[email protected]<growldiscuss%[email protected]> > <growldiscuss%[email protected]<growldiscuss%[email protected]> > > > > > <growldiscuss%[email protected]<growldiscuss%[email protected]> > <growldiscuss%[email protected]<growldiscuss%[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > > > . > > > > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss?hl=en. > > > > > > > -- > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups > > > > > "Growl Discuss" group. > > > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > . > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > > [email protected]<growldiscuss%[email protected]> > <growldiscuss%[email protected]<growldiscuss%[email protected]> > > > > > <growldiscuss%[email protected]<growldiscuss%[email protected]> > <growldiscuss%[email protected]<growldiscuss%[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > . > > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss?hl=en. > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "Growl Discuss" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]<growldiscuss%[email protected]> > <growldiscuss%[email protected]<growldiscuss%[email protected]> > > > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Growl Discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<growldiscuss%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Growl Discuss" group. 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