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I have several plist files in the folder ~/Library/LaunchAgents. They all have the same permissions but two of them (dotjs and pow) are not launching at login, even if they have the key RunAtLoad set to true. Does anyone know why they are not loading?

(I'm using Lion 10.7.3.)

EDIT: I am able to launch the files manually with the command: launchctl load -w cx.pow.powd.plist for example.

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Have you checked the Console logs (/Applications/Utilities/Console.app)? There maybe some error messages in there that will give you a clue. – binarybob May 4 '12 at 18:13
They're not supposed to run at startup. They are supposed to run when you log in. – Harald Hanche-Olsen May 4 '12 at 18:31
@HaraldHanche-Olsen Unless I've misunderstood what you meant, isn't that exactly when user launch agents run - when the user logs in? – binarybob May 4 '12 at 19:57
@HaraldHanche-Olsen yeah sorry, that's what I meant. – aliouftw May 4 '12 at 20:25
@binarybob No messages in the console. Also, i'm able to launch them manually with launchctl load -w cx.pow.powd.plist. – aliouftw May 4 '12 at 20:27

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