DEVONagent Pro restarts itself

DEVONagent
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I have recently tried to use DEVONagent Pro after a long hiatus and am still a newb, so I am most likely missing something obvious in some setting. I quit the program only to find it bouncing in the dock when I return to my computer. How do I stop this behavior? I have made sure all search sets are “never” in scheduling tab. Thanks for any help.

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Does this persist after rebooting the machine?

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Yes, it persists after reboot. I unchecked auto update as well.

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Is it part of the login items of your account? Or do you use scheduled searches? Actions of search sets might also bounce the Dock icon.

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Neither. In all search sets the “never” radio button is selected. In one, a day of the week had been entered at some point but was greyed out because the search set was set to never run. Long shot, but I checked one of the other scheduling buttons to activate the day of week control and cleared it, then I selected the “never” button again.

Another long shot: Could something from DA, like a URL, saved on the desktop activate DA if inadvertently clicked? I have only done a few test searches and usually discard all results of experiments, so I tend to doubt this.

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Could something from DA, like a URL, saved on the desktop activate DA if inadvertently clicked?

Unless DEVONagent was set as your default browser, double-clicking on a URL shouldn’t open it.

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Nope, it has not been set as default browser.

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  1. Quit DEVONagent.
  2. In the Finder, select the ​Go ​menu while holding the ​Option key​, then choose ​Library​.
  3. In Application Support/DEVONagent, rename the SearchSets.plist and relaunch DEVONagent. You should only have the default search sets now.
  4. Quit DEVONagent and see if it spontaneously launches again.
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Thanks for support. I have DEVONagent and DEVONagent Pro folders in the library. My current version of DEVONagent is the Pro. Per instructions I will not rename the SearchSets.plist in the Pro folder but in the DEVONagent folder only.

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There was a DEVONagent Pro folder in Library in addition to a DEVONagent folder, but the former was strangely empty. Is it necessary or can it be deleted? Be that as it may, I renamed SearchSets.plist as instructed. The problem seems to be gone, although I can’t be sure since it would start in a seemingly random fashion. I feel that this fixed things because it has not exhibited this behavior for a far longer time than usual. Thanks for helping.

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Yes, you can delete that folder. The App Support folder for DEVONagent Pro is Application Support/DEVONagent.

You’re welcome :slight_smile: