How to remove grayed out unknown login item Snow Leopard

Question

After installing Snow Leopard my map network drive application didn't work any more. No problem, but it left an unknown login item that is grayed out and cannot be removed the normal way (also in administrator mode).

Does anybody know how to remove this grayed out unknown login item?

Answer 1

You can try editing the following plist file directly:

/Users/YOUR_USERNAME/Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginitems.plist

You will need to use Property List Editor to open this plist file, then you should be able to delete the item which corresponds to the grayed out item.

Answer 2

1. Unlock the golden Lock icon on the left bottom corner first.

2. Now all the Login Items on the list should be all available to edit.

3. Highlight the items that was grayed out before, use the "minus" button to delete them. Make sure to uncheck the items from the list first.

4. When you're done, lock the golden lock icon on the left bottom corner.

Answer 3

There's a posibility that it's located in the Managed Preferences folder.

Look under /Library/Managed Preferences/USERNAME/loginwindow.plist