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I installed a program a few months ago, it had a startup option that I did install. Later, I decided to remove the program, but it seems to have left the startup script or item even after I uninstalled it.... and its trying to start every few seconds.

How can I remove this item?

Here is it from the console


$ com.apple.launchd[1] (com.jft.PdaNetMac[24476]): Exited with exit code: 1
$ com.apple.launchd[1] (com.jft.PdaNetMac): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 second
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Peter,

Those are indeed the standard locations that launchd looks in. Make sure to check the locations off your home directory as well as the ones off the root. If you can't find the file, you can also try the following in the Terminal:

launchctl remove com.jft.PdaNetMac

For more information, try man launchd and man launchctl.

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That did it.. Thank you! – Peter Mar 6 '11 at 2:51
You're welcome. Glad I could help. – Jonathan Mar 6 '11 at 3:21
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Check the following locations ~/Library/LaunchDaemons, ~/Library/LaunchAgents ,/Library/LaunchDaemons,/Library/LaunchAgents/,/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/, and /System/Library/LaunchAgents more then likely there will be a file named com.jft.PdaNetMac within one of those directories. Simply move it to the trash and restart.

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Just watch what you are deleting in /Library and /System – eric.s Mar 6 '11 at 1:29
I've checked all those folders, it isnt there. Where else could they be? – Peter Mar 6 '11 at 2:13
@peter Try running launchctl list in Terminal. Then once you find the process name unload it with launchctl(don't know the full command off hand) Run man launchctl in Terminal for more info – iklier Mar 6 '11 at 6:42
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