System Preferences opens on boot

Hi,
Every time I start up the Mac, System Prefs opens to the Paragon NTFS for Mac page, regardless of the settings on that page (AFAICT) or whether there's any NTFS drive attached.
Any ideas how to prevent this?
OS X Lion
NTFS for Mac 9.5.0 (registered).
Thanks.

 

Workaround for reappearing Paragon NTFS preference pane

I had the exact same problem myself with Paragon NTFS 9.5.2.

I thinks it's clearly a bug in the software, but I managed to come up with a workaround:

The reason for the reappearing preference pane at startup/boot is that Paragon NTFS checks for a specific file at a specific (hardcoded) location:

Code:

/Users/[I][COLOR="Sienna"]<<your_username>>[/COLOR][/I]/Library/Application Support/Paragon NTFS for Mac OS X/.notfirsttime

In case you move the folder of a user (for example with the normal system user preference) to a different location, let's say to

Code:

/Volumes/<<second_harddrive>>/Users/

Paragon NTFS creates the .notfirsttime-file correctly in the folder

Code:

/Volumes/<<second_harddrive>>/Users/[I][COLOR="Sienna"]<<your_username>>[/COLOR][/I]/Library/Application Support/Paragon NTFS for Mac OS X/

but on next startup it checks within

Code:

/Users/[I][COLOR="Sienna"]<<your_username>>[/COLOR][/I]/Library/Application Support/Paragon NTFS for Mac OS X/

where it can't find the file and thus showing the "first time" preference pane again.

You can solve this misbehaviour with two workarounds:

1. just create a soft link for the relevant users in /Users/ to the new location with
   Code:

   ln -s /Volumes/<<second_harddrive>>/Users/[I][COLOR="Sienna"]<<your_username>>[/COLOR][/I] /Users/[I][COLOR="Sienna"]<<your_username>>[/COLOR][/I]

2. create the according folder and the appropriate file yourself with
   Code:

   mkdir /Users/[I][COLOR="Sienna"]<<your_username>>[/COLOR][/I]; cd /Users/[I][COLOR="Sienna"]<<your_username>>[/COLOR][/I]; mkdir Library; cd Library; mkdir "Application Support"; cd "Application Support"; mkdir "Paragon NTFS for Mac OS X"; cd "Paragon NTFS for Mac OS X"; touch .notfirsttime

Maybe this workaround can help you.

Best regards


Gerhard

 

Hello,

I have the same issue despite the fact that the .notfirsttime file exists in

Code:

/Users/myusername/Library/Application Support/Paragon NTFS for Mac OS X/

Also, it seems that the Paragon's Preferences Pane module doesn't save the update notifications preference.

Each time I open the Paragon's Preferences Pane, the option is always unchecked.

What can I do ?

Regards,
redvivi

 

perhaps, https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?p=2038912#post2038912

Best

 

To resolve the issue you need to delete the service which is starting Preferences Panel with NTFS for Mac OS X.

1. Go to Applications - Utilities
2. Open Terminal
3. Type in

sudo rm /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.paragon.NTFS.notify.plist

4. Press Enter and provide Administrator password
5. Press Enter again

Preferences pane will not pop up again.