[iOliverC]

Hey guys,

So I just did a reformat and reinstalled Panther. I chose to install Stuffit Expander 7.02 in the Panther installer, and when I was all setup (up to 10.3.7) I tried to unstuff a file, Stuffit just bounced in the dock endlessly. I checked the console and nothing was there, I thought I might need a new update so I got Stuffit Standard 9.0 and tried its expander, and that just bounces too. Even if I try to open it normally, it still bounces.

Any ideas at all?

Thanks,
Oliver

[badtz]

http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?...50110003819530


if you leave it alone for a couple minutes, eventually it'll open.

[nooon]

[MacMatt]

Originally posted by iOliverC:
Hey guys,

So I just did a reformat and reinstalled Panther. I chose to install Stuffit Expander 7.02 in the Panther installer, and when I was all setup (up to 10.3.7) I tried to unstuff a file, Stuffit just bounced in the dock endlessly. I checked the console and nothing was there, I thought I might need a new update so I got Stuffit Standard 9.0 and tried its expander, and that just bounces too. Even if I try to open it normally, it still bounces.

Any ideas at all?

Thanks,
Oliver

Wait until it launches, open Stuffit's preferences, uncheck 'Allow Version Checking'.

Matt

[Turias]

I'd fire whoever programmed the thing to bounce for so long without timing out after 10 seconds or at least sticking the thing in a background thread.

"Our servers will never go down."

Sheesh.

The amount of pain this thing caused me before I found this thread...


Here are some terminal commands to fix things if you don't want to wait for the program to actually launch:

Code:
defaults write com.stuffit.Expander allowVersionChecking -bool NO
defaults write com.stuffit.Deluxe allowVersionChecking -bool NO
defaults write com.stuffit.DropStuff allowVersionChecking -bool NO
defaults write com.stuffit.DropTar allowVersionChecking -bool NO
defaults write com.stuffit.DropZip allowVersionChecking -bool NO

[iOliverC]

Thanks guys for the help, worked a charm.