Applications won't quit, error 600, applications won't relaunch

Exact same problem here.

Any help would be MUCH appreciated. Save for this issue, Leopard seems to be running fine.

Help! Pretty please =)

Thx. Dominique

When searching for Apple error code meanings, I found this:

-600 procNotFound No eligible process with specified process serial number

+ this:

The error -600 means that the process serial number that you sent is either invalid or is the serial number of a process that does not accept Apple events--that is, the high-level event bit of the destination process's size resource isn't set.

+ this:

Error -600

An error occurred while launching.

An unknown error (-600) occurred.

This is the standard Macintosh error procNotFound. It is usually a response when trying to send an AppleEvent to a nonexistent target (or, more technically, when the mach port for AppleEvents for that target cannot be found). This would usually be generated by the toolbox, but Entourage generates that error in these cases:

(1) if Entourage cannot find the Alerts Daemon (usually found in the Office subfolder) to launch to show the "toasts" (notifications that new mail has been received),

(2) if Entourage is trying to open a document and cannot find the Finder application (this is usually when you're opening Entourage on a system that is too old, so probably not your case), and

(3) in some generic process code that tracks whether other processes (e.g., the Database Daemon) are running.

Does this mean anything to anyone?

Message was edited by: dominique.joseph

I have exactly the same issue, pain pain pain. you launch them then quit them but they havent quited, you can still select them with apple tab, and you cant restart as finder cant quit them. ugly

im on my fourth install attempt,next one is the full erase followed by weeks of painful realisations when i find apps i havent yet re installed groan.

I am having the same issue, apps don't seem to quit right, and I have to force the computer to shutdown or reboot.

i tried re-installing once, but it didn't change a thing.

so i guess the problem is located elsewhere.

boo hoo.

but "glad" to know i am not the only one in this case.

same here for the repair/verify permissions.

i try to run them, but they take forever, and in the end, nothing ever happens.

not sure about the admin account. i'll go and check (but i'll have to crash/reboot to access system preferences).

however, disk utility does not stay "stuck" on the dock, even when i quit it,

My admin account is working fine. I was able to verify and repair permissions, so not sure if they are all related.

I suppose it is worth mentioning that I have only one user account.

Does this happen for ALL applications every time you try to quit them, or just for some of them sometimes? I don't see anything like this. I wonder what is different about your setup.

i also have just one user account.

it still mentions that i am the admin. but i seem to have trouble login in to make any changes.

with regards to the dock, before i crashed to reboot, i had tried to remove the "stuck" applications from the dock. that did not work. however, after the reboot, they were gone.

So far it has occurred with:

Adium
OmniWeb
Mail
iTunes
Toast 8
Numbers
Transmission
Safari

But Not for:

Photoshop CS3
iCal
System Prefs
Activity Monitor
Address Book
MS Word
MS Excel

Here, let me add a few more to the list...

Apps that don't quit:

Missing Sync For Windows Mobile
Pages
Quicken
Vectorworks


I am going to try updating my Intego Virus etc. software, as i know that some of that was out of date, and I got warnings when I booted in Leopard. I'll report back on that.


Of note: Here are what processes Activity monitor has as running (dunno if anyone cares):
399 Activity Monitor alex 3.3 6 12.65 MB 974.55 MB
248 AirPort Base Station Agent alex 0.0 3 2.96 MB 907.55 MB
245 Antispam Engine alex 0.0 3 7.30 MB 875.34 MB
267 AppleSpell.service alex 0.0 1 4.21 MB 601.71 MB
259 ATSServer _atsserver 0.0 2 6.10 MB 626.31 MB
209 ATSServer alex 0.1 2 15.52 MB 678.22 MB
46 autofsd root 0.0 1 652.00 KB 585.62 MB
45 blued root 0.0 1 2.04 MB 596.61 MB
14 configd root 0.1 3 2.00 MB 596.99 MB
193 ContentBarrier X root 0.3 3 56.46 MB 654.96 MB
224 ContentBarrier X4 Alert alex 0.0 1 3.70 MB 910.09 MB
177 coreaudiod root 0.0 2 1,004.00 KB 586.29 MB
55 coreservicesd root 0.0 2 22.62 MB 624.32 MB
25 cron root 0.0 1 636.00 KB 586.69 MB
247 DCBackgrounder alex 0.0 1 5.57 MB 878.11 MB
11 DirectoryService root 0.0 6 3.31 MB 599.09 MB
41 diskarbitrationd root 0.0 1 1,020.00 KB 585.69 MB
16 distnoted daemon 0.5 1 760.00 KB 585.59 MB
206 Dock alex 0.1 3 10.08 MB 904.74 MB
39 dynamic_pager root 0.0 1 688.00 KB 585.61 MB
214 Finder alex 0.0 7 21.70 MB 963.35 MB
38 fseventsd root 0.0 12 1.09 MB 592.20 MB
37 hidd root 0.0 1 572.00 KB 585.59 MB
232 HP Event Handler alex 0.0 3 2.96 MB 859.52 MB
96 hpusbmond root 0.0 1 764.00 KB 586.78 MB
156 integod root 0.0 4 88.03 MB 675.32 MB
207 IntegoStatusItem alex 0.0 2 5.93 MB 914.42 MB
170 intermapperauthd root 0.0 1 348.00 KB 585.60 MB
48 intermapperd alex 1.3 1 12.50 MB 628.07 MB
239 iTunes Helper alex 0.0 2 2.31 MB 848.89 MB
35 kdcmond root 0.0 2 1,008.00 KB 585.73 MB
0 kernel_task root 3.2 58 147.20 MB 1.09 GB
34 KernelEventAgent root 0.0 2 640.00 KB 585.68 MB
10 kextd root 0.0 2 1.17 MB 586.19 MB
59 krb5kdc root 0.0 1 1.39 MB 586.05 MB
238 LaunchBar alex 0.1 3 22.66 MB 973.17 MB
145 launchd alex 0.0 3 544.00 KB 585.73 MB
1 launchd root 0.0 3 632.00 KB 586.73 MB
388 Lightwright 4 (Not Responding) alex 0.0 2 22.23 MB 1.05 GB
33 loginwindow alex 0.0 3 7.84 MB 884.39 MB
249 Logitech Control Center Daemon alex 0.0 2 4.22 MB 1,014.83 MB
104 M-Audio FireWir root 0.0 2 7.98 MB 656.31 MB
128 MacaroniTool root 0.0 2 1.57 MB 598.11 MB
380 Mail alex 0.1 12 42.82 MB 989.66 MB
15 mDNSResponder _mdnsresponder 0.0 2 2.05 MB 597.66 MB
32 mds root 0.1 16 95.05 MB 837.08 MB
143 mdworker alex 0.0 7 29.97 MB 682.79 MB
258 mdworker nobody 0.0 5 16.73 MB 663.52 MB
94 Missing Sync Lis root 0.0 2 3.11 MB 635.45 MB
242 Missing Sync Monitor alex 0.0 3 3.49 MB 872.39 MB
133 Missing Sync WM root 0.0 2 3.23 MB 636.13 MB
254 Missing Sync WM Crash Reporter alex 0.0 2 3.34 MB 910.57 MB
246 Missing Sync WM Monitor alex 0.2 7 5.51 MB 916.43 MB
80 MissingSyncMount root 0.0 1 1.95 MB 596.64 MB
157 NetBarrier Daemo root 0.0 3 2.24 MB 597.62 MB
12 notifyd root 0.0 2 496.00 KB 586.18 MB
24 ntpd root 0.0 1 824.00 KB 586.12 MB
381 ocspd root 0.0 1 1.04 MB 585.86 MB
240 Palm Desktop Background alex 0.6 2 16.15 MB 1,016.23 MB
208 pboard alex 0.0 1 580.00 KB 586.63 MB
161 Personal Antispa root 0.0 1 1.10 MB 586.67 MB
194 personalbackupd root 0.0 1 2.49 MB 598.59 MB
241 Plaxo Assistant alex 0.0 3 5.82 MB 911.23 MB
400 pmTool root 1.4 1 1.39 MB 595.68 MB
149 pvsnatd root 0.0 3 488.00 KB 588.22 MB
109 qmasterd root 0.0 1 3.60 MB 592.12 MB
135 qmasterd root 0.0 2 3.82 MB 592.20 MB
169 racoon root 0.0 1 1,020.00 KB 586.12 MB
264 Safari alex 0.0 5 101.09 MB 1,016.48 MB
20 securityd root 0.0 2 1.88 MB 597.04 MB
47 socketfilterfw root 0.0 2 1.52 MB 595.58 MB
404 spindump root 13.9 2 2.08 MB 588.49 MB
202 Spotlight alex 0.0 2 4.29 MB 877.33 MB
382 SyncServer alex 0.0 2 47.59 MB 639.07 MB
13 syslogd root 0.0 4 792.00 KB 587.61 MB
28 SystemStarter root 0.0 1 680.00 KB 585.61 MB
213 SystemUIServer alex 1.0 8 10.82 MB 923.98 MB
231 TechToolProtection root 0.0 2 14.89 MB 971.30 MB
27 update root 0.0 1 284.00 KB 585.57 MB
253 usbmuxd nobody 0.0 2 680.00 KB 586.98 MB
203 UserEventAgent alex 0.0 2 2.06 MB 588.89 MB
183 virusbarrierl root 0.0 2 308.00 KB 603.12 MB
186 virusbarriers root 0.0 22 124.15 MB 802.92 MB
252 WeatherPop alex 0.0 7 27.36 MB 1,002.88 MB
63 WindowServer _windowserver 3.2 4 49.61 MB 953.92 MB

when accessing system preferences thru the dock, it gets stuck when i try to exit.

after having removed the icon from the dock, and when accessing it thru finder, i can close it and re-open, no trouble.

i have a rather stupid question, but these problems are making me doubt my memory.

argh!

i just went from admin to standard user!!!

how can i reinstate myself as an admin?

it may be a dock issue. Most of the apps that were getting stuck I had in my dock. if I take them out of the dock and launch them they quit fine. Then if I put them back in the dock they work fine. Will have to keep testing to see if this holds true for all.