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I'm using Mac OS 10.6.7 on a low memory MacBook, so I would like to kill the Dashboard and not have it running at login. Tried this

    defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES

...but couldn't make it work.

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That last sentence provides absolutely no information, since you fail to mention which commands didn't work for you. – Daniel Beck Jul 24 '11 at 19:01
Thanks for the comment Daniel, I've added the command now. – villares Jul 24 '11 at 19:14
Have you logged out and back in since entering the command? – Daniel Beck Jul 24 '11 at 19:18
@DanielBeck Or reopened Dock. – Lri Jul 24 '11 at 19:21
Yes, I've logged out and back. Didn't work :( – villares Jul 24 '11 at 19:27
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Enter the following Terminal command:

defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -bool true && killall Dock

It worked for me.

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Thanks for the reply, something else is going on. It didn't work for me. – villares Sep 16 '11 at 12:12
@villares To clarify, Dashboard is still running although you set this command? – Daniel Beck Sep 16 '11 at 12:41
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