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??
>> 
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