Kill process in activity monitor Killing an application-related process via Activity Monitor (click the item then press the 'Quit Process' button) can allow proper application launch. Check for the capability to launch the problematic application.The process is complete when the Terminal returns to a normal prompt. The process may take a few minutes, and you may see various messages flash by. When prompted for a password, enter your admin password, and press Return again.Type: sudo update_prebinding -root / -force and press Return.Open the Terminal (located in Applications/Utilities).Update prebinding Many cases of application launch-failure can be resolved easily by simply updating prebinding, via the following steps: There are a number of potential solutions for this problem, ranging from simple and relatively quick to more tedious. It?s a frustrating scenario: You click on a regularly used application only to find that it will not launch ? either bouncing indefinitely in the Mac OS X Dock or simply providing no feedback whatsoever.
