Re: Startup Password - FMFD?

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: Startup Password - FMFD?
Date	2016-11-10 23:36 +0000
Organization	People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
Message-ID	<e8kekmF5o58U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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On 2016-11-10, gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:
> On 2016-11-10 21:37:19 +0000, gtr said:
>
>>> I seems like Folx is still active and not completely removed from your
>>> computer. Apparently they told you only to remove the application by
>>> dragging it to the trash, but not how to remove the supporting software
>>> package(s).  But there apparently is a built-in "Uninstall" function in
>>> the app. So if I were you I would try installing it again, and this time
>>> go into the Help menu and choose Uninstall to let the app remove itself
>>> (and hopefully all of it).
>> 
>> I'll try that but I think you may be referring to a previous version of 
>> the program that had an "uninstall" option in it.  On their website 
>> they say that refers only to earlier version of the app.
>
> Downloaded the installer again, and there is no "uninstall" in the 
> folder, as was once the case.  Before I manually deleted it, the 
> application had no help>uninstall option, that too was a previous 
> version of the software.
>
> At your behest I went ahead and installed the thing yet again; my 
> memory is correct the help feature now takes you to a menu of options, 
> one of which is "Uninstallation".  That link now takes you here:
>
> http://wiki.eltima.com/user-guides/uninstall-mac.html
>
> Sheesh--what a day!
>
> Guts now tells me I happened to have three things all happen at the 
> same time and associated them: An uninstall, a link that suddenly 
> doesn't work that happened to be a download, and FMFD suddenly asking 
> me for my password.  Can coincidences that evil really happen?

It's really lame for a software company not to provide a simple and easy
way to quickly and *completely* remove the software from your computer.
That alone would result in me not using it, but I already have no need
for a download manager.

Have you tried booting in Safe Mode to see if clicking links works
correctly without third-party software running? 

I would look in /Library/LaunchDaemons/, /Library/StartupItems/, and
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins to see if there is anything in there related
to Folx. I'd also do a Spotlight search for "Folx" and see what appears
in the result list. I'd move anything that might cause the incorrect
behavior (internet plugins, etc) to the trash and reboot to see if that
restores the proper behavior. 

-- 
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JR

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Startup Password - FMFD? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-11-10 09:31 -0800
  Re: Startup Password - FMFD? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-10 17:48 +0000
    Re: Startup Password - FMFD? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-11-10 10:21 -0800
      Re: Startup Password - FMFD? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-11-10 13:27 -0500
        Re: Startup Password - FMFD? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-11-10 10:40 -0800
          Re: Startup Password - FMFD? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-11-10 14:13 -0500
            Re: Startup Password - FMFD? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-10 19:47 +0000
              Re: Startup Password - FMFD? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-11-10 12:57 -0800
      Re: Startup Password - FMFD? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-10 19:46 +0000
        Re: Startup Password - FMFD? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-11-10 12:59 -0800
          Re: Startup Password - FMFD? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-11-10 13:06 -0800
            Re: Startup Password - FMFD? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-11-10 13:15 -0800
            Re: Startup Password - FMFD? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-10 21:28 +0000
              Re: Startup Password - FMFD? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-11-10 13:37 -0800
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-11-10 13:54 -0800
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-10 23:36 +0000
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-11-10 16:00 -0800
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-11-12 14:26 -0500
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-12 20:22 +0000
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2016-11-13 16:36 -0800
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-14 01:48 +0000
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-11-13 18:36 -0800
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? "Andre G. Isaak" <agisaak@gm.invalid> - 2016-11-13 22:31 -0700
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-11-13 22:01 -0800
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2016-11-14 07:22 -0800
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? "Andre G. Isaak" <agisaak@gm.invalid> - 2016-11-14 11:22 -0700
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2016-11-14 10:32 -0800
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-11-14 16:17 -0500
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-11-14 18:16 -0800
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-11-14 18:12 -0800
                Re: Startup Password - FMFD? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-11-12 17:31 -0800
          Re: Startup Password - FMFD? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-10 21:13 +0000
            Re: Startup Password - FMFD? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-11-10 13:35 -0800
          Re: Startup Password - FMFD? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-11-10 18:34 -0500

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