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Replace existing preference pane?
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Greensboro, N.C.
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Whenever I access a preference pane through any method other than opening System Preferences and clicking on the desired pane, I get an error message saying, "The preference pane you are installing is already installed. Do you want to replace the existing preference pane?"
This happens when, for instance, I click on a guiKit to install a new theme or use Launchbar to access a preference pane directly.
I'm not trying to install a new preference pane, just access a currently installed one.
How do I prevent this error?
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Thats the way it works. You really have to open system prefs from the app as far as I know.
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Originally posted by DavidHossack:
Thats the way it works. You really have to open system prefs from the app as far as I know.
It's not the way it works on my home computer, a PowerBook G4. When I doubleclick a guiKit file, System Prefs launches and immediately pulls up the ShapeShifter preference pane. I get no error messages.
On my work machine, a G4 PowerMac, doubleclicking the same guiKit opens System Prefs but then gives me the error I described in the first post.
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That's true for me too. Also i can LaunchBar any individual preference pane. I don't know what you've done but i'd try repairing permissions or turning off ape for a while and seeing what happens. Also just log out/in or reset the pram... all very generic fixes, but i don't have any more specific advice.
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Originally posted by DavidHossack:
Thats the way it works. You really have to open system prefs from the app as far as I know.
stupid reply really... I see how it works
I never really try opening them after the first time.
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David.
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