The shortcut for quit process at least in snl is cmd option q. I forgot where I 
got that piece of info but there ya go. Good luck in uninstalling.

S
On Nov 8, 2010, at 2:52 PM, Hai Nguyen wrote:

> Good afternoon Daniel, 
> In order to remove the dropbox application, you will need to first stop the 
> running process, since Dropbox is a service that runs in the background.
> To do this, navigate to the utilities folder from the finder by pressing 
> command+shift+u.
> Next, navigate to the activity monitor application and open it.
> In activity monitor, navigate to the processes table and start typing in 
> dropbox. This should highlight the dropbox process in the table.
> Vo to the left to the toolbar and interact with the toolbar. Navigate to the 
> right to the quit process button and press VO space. You should be presented 
> with a dialog asking you if you really want to quit the process. Once you 
> confirm this dialog, you should be able to delete the dropbox application 
> from your machine.
> hth
> On Nov 8, 2010, at 4:36 PM, Daniel K. Gartmann wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Has anybody tried deleting the DropBox application from the MAC yet?
>> 
>> When I go to the application in the applications folder and choose the "move 
>> to trash" option, I get the message that the program is open so it can't be 
>> trashed.
>> 
>> Now, when I go ahead and do a cmd+o to open it, I get the message saying 
>> that "DropBox has no windows" and I can't do anything to close the program.
>> 
>> I think that some info is escaping VO, so therefore this question here on 
>> this list.
>> 
>> Could be a general procedure that I am doing wrong here.
>> 
>> Hope to hear from someone who managed to delete the application.
>> 
>> Thanks in advance.
>> 
>> Daniel
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