BUG: Renaming a file causes Finder to restart - after Update 2008-008

This worked for me too! Thanks, you saved me hours of head banging.

We had 2 users here report this problem, and we do use Stuffit. So glad it was a simple fix.

However, even if I disable Stuffit AVR in System Preferences, and checked that it's not listed in Accounts/Login Items, it gets re-enabled when the user restarts the computer. Is there a way to remove this component completely, but keep Stuffit Expander? Thanks.

Found the solution. I ran the installer and uninstalled that component. Weird thing is that the StuffitAVR daemon was still running AFTER I uninstalled it. It's the application that never dies! So, I Force Quit the process. And that should be the end of that. I hope.

THANK YOU so very much for this. After running every utility under the sun, I had no idea what was going on.

Some people may need to run the Stuffit Uninstaller. I had never even installed the AVR portion, there was nothing in my prefs for it. I did a find & trash on AVR, but that didn't work. So, I ran the uninstaller & got rid of everything Stuffit 8, restarted & like magic, back in business!!!

What a frustration! Stuffit can Shoveit!

Hey guys, there is definitely something you guys should be aware as far as StuffIt is concerned (especially since this issue arises from version 8.0 on a 10.4.11 machine). I happen to know a guy who works for the company that created StuffIt, Smith Micro. When I had this problem on my 10.4.11 machine running version 8, he informed me that I shouldn't have even had version 8 on my computer. He then detailed the following StuffIt version/OS version info:

StuffIt Verision.....OSX Version
13.0.................10.3.9/10.4.x/10.5.x
12.0.................10.4.x/10.5.x
11.0.................10.4.x (only)
10.0.................10.3.x (only)
09.0.................10.2.x/10.3.x

Being that version nine was designed to work on 10.2 and 10.3, you can see why version 8 would bugg out on a 10.4.11 system, they're just not compatable, or at least not designed for that operating system.

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Hi Kalidrev, and a warm welcome to the forums! 🙂

Great first post & info, thank you! 🙂

Greg: this also solved my file - rename crashing. Many thanks!

I have never said this to another guy, but Greg I love you man...LOL

This stupid problem was driving me nuts. I even purchased the updated version of Norton antivirus (29.99) and found NO viruses..AS USUAL. I was sure this was a virus. NOT!!!

Fantastic. Thanks to you and your friend, I just went and updated my Deluxe to the latest offered. Problem solved on all fronts.

Also the same problem here and the same fix. However, my Finder was quitting and restarting on its own. I wasn't renaming anything. I wonder if the OS was renaming something on its own. I believe this started after Stuffit gave me an alert showing me an update to expander. I selected the option to update, then the problem started.