Well, not to sully the Microsoft name - this could happen to any other application on a Mac - replace "Microsoft Messenger" with any other which would not uninstall completely and keep files in the trash.
To begin with, I was having issues with the Microsoft messenger on my iMac. Though it works perfectly well on my MacBookPro it somehow decided it doesn't want to find the system available after a few minutes and sign out.
To uninstall the messenger I decided to try out the "AppCleaner" application for a 'clean' uninstall. But, it still left some files in the Trash and I wasn't able to empty the bin cause the daemon (an part of an application which keeps running in the background where it does not get in the way of other stuff) was still running!
On trying to find out the simplest way to get over this I couldn't get a straight answer quickly, though after doing this it is pretty simple:
1. Use spotlight or Quicksilver to find Activity Monitor (this is found in the Applications -> Utilities -> Activity Monitor)
2. On the top bar there is a drop down menu for the selection of type of processes to display. Use the 'All Processes' display (just to be sure)
3. In the name column there is an entry for "Microsoft Messenger Daemon" -> use the 'Quit Process' button on the top bar to Quit / Force Quit the daemon
4. Try to empty the Trash
Now it goes away without any error!
3 comments:
THANK YOU!!!!
After trying to get the Microsoft Messenger Daemon to stop, and getting all this convoluted instructions, yours made perfect sense, and only took a second.
О! Ah! akhirnya aku menemukan apa yang saya cari. Somtimes dibutuhkan upaya untuk menemukan begitu banyak berguna bahkan sepotong kecil informasi.
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