The following information is only applicable if you are running a Non-english version of System 7 Pro (PowerTalk).
With the introduction of System 7 Pro, Apple threw a new monkey wrench into the System. It turns out that PowerTalk creates an imaginary volume to hold mail messages. This volume appears to programs as if it was real, but it is reserved for use by PowerTalk, and creates a number of problems if a program tries to access it. In english versions of PowerTalk this volume is named "Mail Enclosures".
Since there is no "standard" way of detecting this volume from within a program (at least, Apple has yet to announce one), I have come up with my own work-around. My solution is to supply AliasZoo with the name of the PowerTalk volume, and have it ignore it when scanning for volumes. Since this name is probably different under non-english versions of PowerTalk, I have provided a quick way to change it. All the normal warnings about ResEdit apply here: work only on a copy of AliasZoo, don't change anything you shouldn't, and always wear your seatbelts!
If you don't feel comfortable doing the following, then don't worry. AliasZoo will still work, but it may display a name in the volume popup menu that you don't recognize. If you select this volume and try to search it for aliases you will get an error. This error is harmless, but annoying. The only way to permanently remove this 'phantom' volume from the popup menu is to complete the changes described below.
Fire up ResEdit and open AliasZoo. Inside AliasZoo's resource fork is an 'STR#' resource with an ID of 800. The first string in this resource contains the name that AliasZoo will ignore when scanning for volumes; if you run AliasZoo and have a volume name appear that you don't recognize (which means it's probably from PowerTalk), place the name of that volume into this resource string. You don't need to modify anything else, and you probably shouldn't. Save your changed version of AliasZoo and give it a try.
You newly modified version of AliasZoo should no longer display the volume name that you entered into the 'STR#' resource. I suppose if you wanted, you could put your real hard drive name into this string. However, this would prevent AliasZoo from being able to access your main drive, and would make the program basically useless.
