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Can't Activate Contextual Menu Items (Services)
I have tried installing a few context menu plugins today from different vendors and I cannot get them to load. There are definitely installed in ~/Library/Contextual Menu Items, but nothing I do seems to get them to appear in any context, and they do not appear in the Services panel of the keyboard preferences pane. I have tried rebuilding the launch services database and that didn't work either. Any suggestions?
Mike
Mike
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did you quit and reload Finder? I assume we are talking about Finder related context menus?
ASKER
Yes and yes. And for good measure I even rebooted. Here's the really weird bit - An application I use called GraphicConverter has an interface for file system interaction built in. When browsing the file system inside GraphicConverter, the context items DO show up. They just don't show up in Finder.
the ones for GraphicConverter I could check as I have them myself: I have a file called GraphicConverter.service in the ~/Library/Services directory and a file called GraphicConverterCMI.plugin
do you have NO contextual menu items at all? or do you just miss the ones from the apps you installed?
do you have NO contextual menu items at all? or do you just miss the ones from the apps you installed?
ASKER
Yes I have those as well, and they do appear in the Services menu. But there others don't - except for one which I think belongs to GrimRipper. That's "Remove resource fork". Here's the really weird thing. If I try to use it, it does nothing - and it causes GraphicConverter, which is an unrelated program, to open.
sorry.. no clue… maybe some problem with access rights (try rebuilding permissions).
also a way I ususally try out if stuff does not work properly: I have a "test" account so I logon to that testaccount and check it out there cause my test account usually is "cleaner" than my own account
also a way I ususally try out if stuff does not work properly: I have a "test" account so I logon to that testaccount and check it out there cause my test account usually is "cleaner" than my own account
ASKER
both excellent suggestions. that often works for windows too. ill try it out tomorrow.
mike
mike
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It's a bit hard to tell because the behavior is not consistent, but I've worked around it anyway. Thanks for your comments.
Mike
Mike