Filemaker Pro 6 OS X won't open

[Ric K]

Anyone know why suddenly my FM 6 for OS X won't open? I've deleted it and reinstalled it from the CD, but still it won't work. In Classic I probably would have trashed the Prefs file, but I'm not sure what to do in OS X. Please help!

Thanks,

Ric

[jonesy17]

You could try trashing the preferences

~/Library/Preferences/FileMaker Preferences/FileMaker Pro 6.0 Prefs

Make a backup copy first, just in case

[Ric K]

Thanks jonesy17, but that didn't work. At least now i know where the prefs are though. Any other ideas?

[EddyB]

Have you got the lastest update of FM from their site - v6.0.4 ?

Ed.

[Ric K]

yes, thanks.

It might be worth mentioning that I had a couple of hard crashes on my Powerbook (Pismo) prior to noticing this problem. Now when I try to open FM the icon bounces exactly twice in the Dock before it gives up the ghost. I installed the Classic version and it works fine.

Ric

EddyB said:

Have you got the lastest update of FM from their site - v6.0.4 ?

Ed.

[Vaughan]

"It might be worth mentioning that I had a couple of hard crashes on my Powerbook..."

Yes, that might have been worth mentioning.

I'd proceed by backing up the documents and stuff and reformatting the hard disk, then re-installing the system software and applications...