I have removed the plist file and had Growl generate a new one. It had the same GrowlFirstLaunch=false setting. But, still, after every boot, the welcome screen shows up.
On Mar 9, 2013, at 3:05 PM, Daniel Siemer <[email protected]> wrote: > That is one piece of what determines whether the window displays, yes, > and if it isnt changing to true, that might be the cause of your > issue. You can try changing it manually to true and see if it no > longer appears, however, if we are having setting that key, we might > be having trouble setting others (including the other key related to > the welcome window, the previously launched version). You could try > moving the file aside (and any associated lockfile) and seeing if a > fresh copy works and only shows it once. Sometimes the preferences > storage system just gets messed up, and there isn't much we can do to > detect that. > > On Mar 3, 4:27 pm, Han Sooloo <[email protected]> wrote: >> OK, so found the plist file in the recommended location, deleted, but at >> every boot, the Welcome screen is presented again. >> >> Looking into the plist file, I see the following (makes me believe, this >> should prevent the Welcome screen): >> <key>GrowlFirstLaunch</key> >> <false/> >> >> Thoughts? >> >> Am I missing something? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Sunday, March 3, 2013 9:28:06 AM UTC-5, Daniel Siemer wrote: >> >>> Growl 2 is sandboxed, and its preferences are stored in ~/Library/ >>> Containers/com.Growl.GrowlHelperApp/Data/Library/Preferences >> >>> Also, that bundle ID *is* Growl.app's bundle ID, GrowlHelperApp was >>> renamed Growl when we released to the App Store. >> >>> On Mar 3, 8:12 am, Han Sooloo <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Bit old thread, but ran into the same problem myself. Built Growl 2.0.1 >>>> from source on MacOS 10.8.2 (just Growl.app target). >> >>>> However, I cannot find the com.Growl.GrowlHelperApp.plist file in >>>> ~/Library/Preferences. Do I need to build GrowlHelper App as well? >> >>>> On Saturday, February 11, 2012 10:47:04 PM UTC-5, Christopher Forsythe >>>> wrote: >> >>>>> The startup window uses some information from the preferences file, >>> and >>>>> also may show up if you have a previous version of Growl installed. >>> The >>>>> easiest thing to do is to >> >>>>> 1) Stop Growl >> >>>>> 2) Rename the preferences file (com.Growl.GrowlHelperApp.plist in >>>>> ~/Library/Preferences) >> >>>>> 3) Start Growl. >> >>>>> 4) It'll present the startup window, go through it. >> >>>>> 5) Restart Growl. >> >>>>> Chris >> >>>>> On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 7:35 AM, [email protected] <javascript:> < >>>>> [email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: >> >>>>>> Every time I restart my Mac I get a Welcome to Grown window. How do >>> I >>>>>> disable this? It's extremely annoying. I can see having that window >>>>>> when you first install Growl, but ever time I start up my computer?? >> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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]<javascript:> >> >>>>>> . >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>> [email protected] <javascript:>. >>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "Growl Discuss" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/growldiscuss/15zR0lcC-08/unsubscribe?hl=en. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Growl Discuss" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
