Is there a way to verify the path of the app running?

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#1

I am trying to provide a check box that allows the user to set the app as a log in item. I have found scripts to do this but I would like to verify the path of the app first before I set the hard coded path to the log in items script.

seeing as users can do a million and one things when copying over apps and 6 times out 10 the app will not end up where it is supposed to, I figure it best to verify the location of the app first before writing a script that in the end may not work. Is this prudent? Am i waisting my energy? what is the best way to go about this?

#2

To get your app’s path, use “path to me”. About users moving the app after setting it up as login-item, you can’t do anything, except for checking every time if it changed, checking your current “path to me” against:

tell application "System Events"
   path of first login item whose name is "App Name"
end tell
#3

Thanks for that one, but tell me, if the action of making the app a log in item is connected to a check box, what would be the script for removing the app from the log in items if the formentioned check box was unchecked.

The script I am currently using for the make a log in item is:

tell application “System Events” to make login item at end with properties {path:the_app, hidden:false}

I have tried variations of the script to try and remove login item but to no avail. Any suggestions would be greatly welcomed.

#4 
tell application "System Events"
	delete (first login item whose name is "App Name")
end tell
#5

Could there possibly be another variation for this script as it idoesnt seem to wanna work. Just for kicks I tried switching "las"t with "firs"t and still nothing. How ever if I go ahead and remove the word “last” all together I at least seem to get an error message which at this point is the most I can get out of it. Any suggestions? Cheers.

#6

For any one who comes up against this same problem, the correct solution is as follows:

– “name” is a single property, not a record.
Try:

tell application "System Events"
        delete (first login item whose path is the_app)
end tell