>> John, >> >> download and install 8.6. its a free upgrade. >> and see if that might fix the problem. >> 8.6 is more stable. > > Failing that, if it still insists there is something running, press > Cmd(Apple)-Option-Esc and click force quit. It's not pretty and will > most likely leave a few loose ends lying around but it should do in the > short term. From this you will probably be able to tell which task > (application) is causing the problem and disable it or rectify the error. > ...and failing that, go into your Extensions Manager Control Panel and uncheck "Queue Watcher". I had the same problem on my 6500 running 8.6 and that solved it with no apparent ill effects.
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