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Q: How to uninstall application Epudl from Epson

Help please.....I have foolishly installed a software bundle from Epson which includes an ap called Epudl. Simply, it's driving me insane! I have tried to delete or uninstall every file that I can find fron Epson but it still rears it's head every single minute and freezes temporarily any opened window or work in progress.

 

Any ideas most gratefully received....Cheers!

iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Mar 20, 2013 4:58 AM

by Paul_31,Solvedanswer
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A:

I assume you have checked that there isn't a 'proper' uninstaller app for the software from Epson?

 

If there isn't you could try using AppCleaner: http://www.freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/

 

And if there is still any crud left behind, EasyFind to search and delete (use with caution before deleting files)

http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/11076/easyfind

Posted on Mar 20, 2013 5:44 AM

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  • by Paul_31,Solvedanswer

    Paul_31 Paul_31 Mar 20, 2013 5:44 AM in response to netbull
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    Mar 20, 2013 5:44 AM in response to netbull

    I assume you have checked that there isn't a 'proper' uninstaller app for the software from Epson?

     

    If there isn't you could try using AppCleaner: http://www.freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/

     

    And if there is still any crud left behind, EasyFind to search and delete (use with caution before deleting files)

    http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/11076/easyfind

  • by netbull,Helpful

    netbull netbull Mar 20, 2013 6:05 AM in response to Paul_31
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    Mar 20, 2013 6:05 AM in response to Paul_31

    Thanks Paul....I have tried all sorts of things and have finally succeded with this "fix" from another forum participant! Without this advice I would never have found the elusive files: I cleaned up with Clean My Mac 2, a great app and well worth the  20 euros!

     

    Huge thanks to both yourself and Flavio for the solutions! Cheers! Nick

     

    polettix

     

     

    I think (hope!) I got it.

     

    The little bas*ard is being launched by another Epson application, namely Epusp.app. This in turns gets launched as agent, its configuration file is in /Library/LaunchAgents/com.epson.Epusp.plist

     

    The application itself is located close to Epudl.app, i.e. in /Library/Application\ Support/Epson/InkjetPrinter/Epusp.app (Epudl.app is in /Library/Application\ Support/Epson/InkjetPrinter/Epudl.app). The main program is /Library/Application\ Support/Epson/InkjetPrinter/Epusp.app/Contents/MacOS/Epusp and it's quite interesting to launch strings on it:

     

            $ strings Epusp | grep Epudl
            open /Library"/Application Support"/Epson/InkjetPrinter/Epudl.app
            Epudl

     

    (there is also a scary 'http://go.epson.com/redirect.aspx' in the program...) So it seems that Epusp launches Epudl.

     

    To disable it I used launchctl, which controls launchd:

     

            $ launchctl unload -w /Library/LaunchAgents/com.epson.Epusp.plist

     

    I also saw another Epson-related file in LaunchAgents, so I disabled it as well.

     

    I hope this helps,

     

        Flavio.

     

    MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.2)

  • by den.thed,

    den.thed den.thed Mar 20, 2013 6:05 AM in response to netbull
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    Mar 20, 2013 6:05 AM in response to netbull

    Have a look at > Drivers & Support - Epson Stylus - Epson

  • by Paul_31,

    Paul_31 Paul_31 Mar 20, 2013 6:23 AM in response to netbull
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    Mar 20, 2013 6:23 AM in response to netbull

    Glad you found a solution - thanks for the feedback.