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How do I remove 3ivx?

A while ago I installed the 3ivx codec on my Mac because I was trying to find something that would play my avi files, and it worked for awhile. It ended up expiring, and then all the files then displayed a watermark on the screen saying that the demo had expired. I then typed 3ivx into my search bar on my mac, and deleted the files that popped up with that name, but that didn't fix the problem. All the files still say that the demo has expired, even though I cannot find anymore programs of it with the search bar, and downloading a different codec, divx, didn't help either.

Is there someway to fix this, or have I screwed over quicktime from playing anything avi normally again?

Posted on Feb 12, 2008 7:04 PM

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Feb 15, 2008 12:15 PM in response to curious

Judging from the picture 3ivx is still on your system.

You provided no system info. Which OS system are you using?

To repair permissions (Tiger)
Save and/or quit your applications & doucuments

Go to Applications>Utilities Folder

Click Disk Utility

Click the Volumn (HD) that you want to check.

Click the Repair Disk Permissions button. (Don't worry about verifying)

At the bottom of window when the repairs have finished, you will see the “most important thing”:
Permission Repairs Complete
The previliges have been repaired or completed on the selected volumn.

Restart your computer (Optional).


**Same directions are also in the OS Mac Help Menu.**

Panther
See Knowledge Base Article: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214 Using Disk Utility and fsck to resolve startup issues or perform disk maintenance

TIP-You should Repair Permissions & restart:
After installing and/or updating an OS (Operating System).
After installing software.
After burning sessions

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After doing the above & you still can bring up the 3ivx shown in your link (thank you for providing) then I suggest that you re-search your HD using Spotlight and Finder>File>Find. Also, manually check your Preferences folder - Home>Library>Preferences.

Use 3ivx as your search keyword for Spotlight & Find.

Another option: Post over at the 3ivx Discussion Forums

Good luck!
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Mar 11, 2008 9:42 AM in response to curious

i have gone through the same problem and my initial approach to it was to uninstall everything that has 3ivx. unfortunately the watermarks is still there. when i check the library folder, and open the quicktime folder, 2 plugins of 3ivx is still undeleted and activated. so deleted it- at first it cant be deleted because its still been used. i chose "security empty trash" and after i restart it, quicktime now works well without that annoying 3ivx watermarks.

Apr 14, 2008 7:06 PM in response to auldz

Funny, I don't even know why I installed this 3ivx component in the first place. Must've been an AVI file that wouldn't play. Imagine my surprise when ALL my video files (.mov, .avi) suddenly had that nasty watermark on it. Whatever company is responsible for this OBNOXIOUS hijacking should be put out of business!
Thanks for your tip regarding deleting the files. Worked great for me, and I have my videos back!

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