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Engineering Detail HP Toolbox This section presents engineering detail for the following topics: ■ Enabling or disabling HP Toolbox support ■ Manually uninstalling HP Toolbox in Macintosh Operating Systems Enabling or disabling HP Toolbox support The registry entry HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, with the value HP Status controls the HP Toolbox. This entry runs HPSTATUS.EXE every time that the system is started. When you close the HP Toolbox by right-clicking the Toolbox tray icon and selecting Exit, you are prompted to restart the HP Toolbox on startup. If you select No, don't start automatically, this entry is removed. To start status manually, select the Start|Run menu, and type HPSTATUS. Manually uninstalling HP Toolbox in Macintosh Operating Systems HP Toolbox must be uninstalled manually in a Macintosh OS. To uninstall HP Toolbox manually, follow these instructions: 1 Delete the following program: Library/Startup Items/hp ToolboxStartup NOTE HP Toolbox cannot be uninstalled when it is in use. Because HP Toolbox runs at startup time, either quit the program before deleting it, or move it into the trash bin and restart the computer. 2 Delete the following file: Applications/Utilities/hp toolbox.webloc 3 3 Navigate to the Library/Printers/hp/Utilities/folder, and delete all files that have "Toolbox" in the name. HP Toolbox 303

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HP Toolbox
This section presents engineering detail for the following topics:
Enabling
or
disabling
HP
Toolbox
support
Manually
uninstalling
HP
Toolbox
in
Macintosh
Operating
Systems
Enabling or disabling HP Toolbox support
The registry entry HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, with the value
HP Status controls the HP Toolbox. This entry runs HPSTATUS.EXE every time that the system is
started. When you close the HP Toolbox by right-clicking the
Toolbox
tray icon and selecting
Exit
,
you are prompted to restart the HP Toolbox on startup. If you select
No, don't start automatically
,
this entry is removed.
To start status manually, select the
Start|Run
menu, and type
HPSTATUS
.
Manually uninstalling HP Toolbox in Macintosh Operating Systems
HP Toolbox must be uninstalled manually in a Macintosh OS. To uninstall HP Toolbox manually,
follow these instructions:
1
Delete the following program:
Library/Startup Items/hp ToolboxStartup
NOTE
HP Toolbox cannot be uninstalled when it is in use. Because HP Toolbox runs at
startup time, either quit the program before deleting it, or move it into the trash bin and
restart the computer.
2
Delete the following file:
Applications/Utilities/hp toolbox.webloc 3
3
Navigate to the Library/Printers/hp/Utilities/folder, and delete all files that have "Toolbox" in the
name.
HP Toolbox
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Engineering Detail