Dock issue

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ashorne

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Ok, So it is probably my fault, but since this morning, when I log in i see a new icon in the dock that I didnt put there. It is the generic application icon and if I look at Info for it, it says "dock"

Dock ???

Whats happened?

I have 4 accounts on the machine (Imac G5 - Tiger) and the other 3 are fine

I tried force quit but that just kills dock and it restarts and lo and behold it still has the "dock in the dock" feature.

I removed the preference from Library/Prefs and logged out and in to create a new one, but still the same.

Any ideas???
 
Hi ashorne and welcome to the forum.
Which plist file did you remove? It was obviously the wrong, since your other accounts work just fine.
 
It must be related to some settings. I would suggest you to copy one of the com.apple.dock.plist file from your other accounts to your faulty one.
You might want to give this link a look:http://www.macosx.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43542 It's about hiding apps from the dock. Maybe something like that happened to your dock, but then it should be same in all your accounts. :confused:
 
Tried copying from another account, but same issue. Strange this one, as I have been working with Mac/Unix for years :-)

First time I have been stumped.

I took a clone backup to my firewire drive a couple of days ago, so I guess I can boot from the firewire disk and just restore the complete clone to get back to a stable situation.
 
The Dock.app has a default.plist in within its file structure ( I can't remember the exact path) This is what is used when no dock plist exists when the Dock launches. Try creating a new user account, see if the Dock has the Dock in it :-D
 
Creating a new account provides a good dock for that user.
I deleted my old account and removed all files, then rebooted and created a new account with my old name and shortname.

Same problem back. Something is left over that I cant find ....
 
Isn't it possible to check via Activity Monitor which files are accessed while opening the dock? You said you can force quit your dock and it will get relaunched. Now follow this process under Activity Monitor and see what other files in your home/Library are accessed beside the com.apple.dock.plist.
 
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