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The following service worked through 10.8.2:
After upgrading to 10.8.3, this service no longer works as a service. However, if I select a folder on my desktop and run this service in Automator, it works. in other words, this service runs inside Automator but no longer works outside Automator as a service on the contextual menu of a folder.
Anyone know how to get this service working as a service?
BTW, this is all I need in the service to empty a folder from its contextual menu:
As Barney-15E said, I do not need Get Selected Finder Items in the workflow. In fact, with that action, the service has the undesired effect of sending the folder itself to the Trash. I was only trying to trash the contents.
So, the next issue is, how can one automatically monitor running processes to detect when Automator Launcher has hung and then kill the Launcher process? I don't see anything obvious in automator itself to do that. ...
On further reflection, I added the Growl Notification action to the end of the workflow. If I don't see the notification, the service did not run, and I know to use atMonitor or the Activity Monitor to look for a hung Launcher. That should suffice for the kind of workflows that don't open windows or request user input, and can fail silently.
Service runs in, but not outside, Automator
