Are you using Suitcase Fusion 2 by any chance?

Toward the bottom of the System Preferences panel, you should see Suitcase Fusion. Click on it and turn on the core. You should probably also select turn on at startup. You might have to log off and relog back on before it works.

If you use it you might have to update it as well there is a recent update as well.

just updated to fusion 2 as well and got this error... Would have never know that the FMCore relates to this problem with Fusion, not too sure about this program yet, just getting aquainted with it...

Thanks so much for the help! Although production was down for an hour because I could find no info on this throughout restarts and maintenance apps... uhhhhh i love blogs like this...

ya'll rock!

Thanks for the post. It quickly helped me out this morning too!

Thanks so much for posting this solution!

I have been trying to find where in the Systems Preferences there was "FMCore" with no luck.

I also developed a problem that now i can't open Illustrator CS2 on this computer, but that is probably a separate issue. I can open the CS4 suite programs, though.

This is great, thanxs...

Yes uninstall it and look for any plug ins in in ay of the plug in folders after you uninstall to make certain no activate plug ins are there as well for each application, if of course you do not get the warning after uninstalling then of course is fine.

It is not clear what you did or did not do.

All you had to do is follow the instructions in post 3, which is simply go to the system preferences click on the FM core icon and turn it on when the dialog appears.

That was all you had to do.

If you uninstall something that effects the system the only real way to do that is to use the the installer you use to install it and choose uninstall instead of install.

So if you installed suite fusion reinstall it is possible and then go to the system preferences and click on the FM Core prerefence pane and turn on FM Core and you should be fine unless you did something really unwise.

But from what you describe I give you some advice do not do not in the future install or uninstall anything on your computer yourself.

seek help from someone that will not panic so fast.

Once again you should try to get everything back to the way it was and go to the system preferences and turn on FM core.

FM stands for Font Management that is all there was to it.

Now when you get to work ask someone who knows a little about computers to assist you.

Ask them to show what is going on.

Betsy, I'm so glad things are looking better today. I saw your post last night and wished i could have helped you. For what it's worth, i thought Wade's comments may have been helpful, but could have been a little kinder and more sympathetic and less judgemental.

I am concerned about that FM core causing me troubles down the road. so far, this thread solved my problem, but it has come up again. Wondering if i made a mistake getting the Suitcase Fusion software.

Yes I think you might need to upgrade Fusion 2 I believe they may have addressed the problem it is always a good idea to check periodically for software updates.

Forever my words were not intended to be kind or unkind they were designed to get the the poster to see that they have to step back from what they are doing and make a objective decision to either hand this over to someone else or think more about what they are doing and not let it get the best of them or they were at risk o causing themselves serious problems that might not be so easy to fix.

So if they weren't up to it then they should seek assistance.

FM Core and Suitcase Fusion depend heavily on a correctly working volume. Over at the Extensis forums, there is a discussion regarding not being able to start the FM Core, slightly different to your issue. Most of the time, logging out or restarting your mac fixes this issue, but you might need to repair your Mac's directory to solve issues with Suitcase Fusion and Adobe Illustrator. If you have the restore disc that came with your Mac, start from that disc (holding C during a restart) and choose Utilities and Disk Utility. Once in Disk Utility, choose First Aid/Repair Disk with your hard drive selected, and it will attempt to fix any directory issues on your Mac itself. If you don't have your system disc, boot into Single User mode (holding command+s when booting) and once it loads, type in: /sbin/fsck -fy

If it doesn't fix your FMCore issue, it will at least clean up other issues on your Mac. Don't forget to check out the extensis forums in addition to Adobe, as your issue might be more related to their products.

Do we really need Suitcase 2 since the Mac runs Fontbook?

 

My concern is that something deeper is lurking as a result and will pop up when least expected...

my sentiments exactly. I used to use Suitcase before OSX, and loved it. I have been relying on Font Book until recently getting Suitcase Fusion 2 and I'm already regretting it.

It was not wise to installny software in the middle of a large important job.

I sede that you are on a Mac why not launch the Fusion installer and use the option to uninstall. That is the right way and AppZapper is perhaps not right for you since it will probably need help from time to timeas is in this case.

then:

First quit Illustrator

Then go to Users/Username/Library/Preferences/Adobe Illustrator CS (#) Settings folder and trash it.

then look for com.adobe.Illustrator.plist and trash it.

then look for anything in the same preferences folder that says Suitcase or Fusion and trash it.

look in the Users/Username/Library/cache for anything tays Suitcase or Fusion and trash it

look in the Users/Username/Library/Application Support for anything tays Suitcase or Fusion and trash it,

You may have to use a utility to clear out your font cache files as well.

If need be you might have to reinstall Illustrator but do not use AppZapper to do this do it the right way and use the Uninstaller in the Utilities folder in Adobe installers folder.

In the future do not experiment when you are in the middle of the job it doesn't make sense.

First of all, i didn't install fusion in the middle of an important job. I had the demo on my computer for about 3 days, maybe two. Second of all there is no 'uninstall' option on the installer. I finally called the Extensis peeps and he sent me an uninstaller. That was the only was to get the 'fusion core' thingy out of my system preferences.

Now I'm whistling Dixie!

If anyone needs the uninstaller for Fusion2, write to me at: Qweeka@aol.com and i will gladly send you the zipped uninstaller!

your friend,

Betsy

FINAL SOLUTION

1) cmd+F > ExtensisFontManagement

2) Delete the following three items

ExtensisFontManagementAICS4
ExtensisFontManagementIDCS4.InDesignPlugin
ExtensisFontManagementQXT8.xnt

Selçuk Gür

Thanks, you quickly solved my problem!!

Hurray!!!!
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!

hey there

I have looked through so many of these forms trying to fix this problem and nothing worked, finally i found a thread how to properly unistall suitcase fusion 2 which worked for me and saved me alot of stress not being able to open files with a double click and boot illustrator at the same time. Follow the steps from this link and you should be good to go http://www.extensis.com/en/support/kb_article.jsp?articleNumber=3002

Thank you, Selçuk Gür. I am not using Suitcase (happily changed to Font Explorere X). Your solution is indeed the final solution!

Margaret

Did you read post #3 above there is your answer and if you notice it is marked as the answer.

I had same problem after trying Suitcase Fusion. The problem is cause because after uninstalling ScF left overs remains on the system that interfere with PS, Ai, ID. They are some plugins still installed on your computer. FMcore is an app use for ScF to run nothing to do with Mac or Adobe Products, but still is buggy and nasty warning.

    I use CleanMyMac to get rid off ScF but it wasn't enough since after that I start getting the warning of FMcore has been stopped. Here the solution: Use Appzapper or CleanMyMac to remove "most of the files". Then I use Spring Cleaning to search for the rest of the files. Use custom search and look for "Extensis" You will be amazed of how many files are still on your system I'm pretty sure the files that causes that warning are the plugins on PS, Ai and ID  plugin folders but just to be sure delete everything. Hope this help.

I wasn't exactly sure what to think of what to do, but freaking out would be a good side effect.

I've read through all of these posts and they all have to do with a Suitcase Fusion issue. But I am having this problem, and I don't have any Extensis software on my computer. The only font management tool I have is Fontbook. And along the bottom of my System Preferences window in Other, I have:

Air Display, Control Center, Growl, Teleport, and Xmarks for Safari.

This is my office computer and only my second day on the job, so I'd like to nip this in the bud. Any more ideas *besides* the Suitcase issue?