"Press Run to run this script..." confirmation started appearing...why?

I believe the setting for that dialog is in the applet.rsrc file in the Contents/Resources/ folder of the application bundle. You might check to see if there is a problem with that file - note that the Disk Utility permissions repair doesn't do anything in a user account, or with applications that aren't installed with an Apple installer (e.g. drag and drop).

I don't know the format of the .rsrc file (you can use TextWrangler to get a hex dump), just that it is different when the options are changed and if it is not there you will get the confirmation dialog. I was thinking that if there was some kind of corruption or you couldn't read the file it would act the same way. If a new blank script application does the same thing, you might try from a new user account to see if it is something in your user preferences vs the system.

You're dealing with scripts saved as applications, correct?
I've encountered this issue in a somewhat different context, and I suspect that red_menace is correct that it has to do with the .rsrc file in the resources folder -- but I haven't figured out a "direct" fix.

No guarantees, but try this:

• Display the main script on the desktop by dragging the applet to whatever script editor you are using.

• From the script editor menu (top of screen) select "file > save as." You'll get a drop down window over the script, showing the name of the original applet (without the name extension ".app"). Leave the name alone or change it as you wish. In any event, save the "save as" script as an application bundle in the same location as the original applet (e.g., desktop). If you didn't change the name, you'll have to choose to replace the original applet with the "save as" version; if you did change the name, you'll retain the original and get another with the new name.

• At this point, double-click on the applet with the new name (if that's the approach you took); otherwise, double-click on the replacement applet. Do you still get the "Press Run to run this script..." message??

As I said, no guarantees, but I'll be most interested in what you find.

Very strange indeed.

I am having this exact same problem. I just (finally) updated to 10.6.5 yesterday, so I'm suspicious that this is the cause. Like the OP, all of my applescripts now pop-up this dialog. I have tried re-saving them, ensuring that the "Startup Screen" is not selected, but this has not fixed the problem.

You might try creating a new account and see if the behavior continues there. This may indicate a system vs user issue.

Hi there,

Just following this up to see if there was a solution? I have the exact save problem - intermittently and seemingly without any direct cause. Any luck?

Thanks

This just started for me, too. I have a script in my non-admin account that I've been using for over a year, and today it started popping up this dialogue. I tried re-saving it and making sure the Startup Screen option is unchecked, but it didn't help.

I have an almost identical script in my admin account, and it doesn't do this.

I just installed the 10.6.7 update and the prompt went away. I don't know if it was because of the update or just the reboot.