melzee malone
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Q: The System Preferences will not open on my eMac. How do I get it to open?

I cannot get the system preferences to open on my eMac. I think it is a G4 running OS 10.4. How do I get it to work?

Not sure on this one and apple isn't much help on this.

Posted on Jul 31, 2012 6:03 PM

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melzee malone

Q: The System Preferences will not open on my eMac. How do I get it to open?

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  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua Jul 31, 2012 7:04 PM in response to melzee malone
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    Jul 31, 2012 7:04 PM in response to melzee malone

    First, Safe Boot , (holding Shift key down at bootup), use Disk Utility from there to Repair Permissions, test if things work OK in Safe Mode.

     

    Then move these files to the Desktop...

     

    /Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist

     

    /Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist

     

    /Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist

     

    /Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.recentitems.plist

     

    Reboot & test.

     

    PS. Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive.

  • by Allan Jones,

    Allan Jones Allan Jones Jul 31, 2012 8:07 PM in response to melzee malone
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    Jul 31, 2012 8:07 PM in response to melzee malone

    Sometimes a simple restart can restore stubborn software components.

  • by Metagrapher,

    Metagrapher Metagrapher Jan 28, 2013 8:26 AM in response to melzee malone
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    Jan 28, 2013 8:26 AM in response to melzee malone

    What is this, Windows?