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- From: agoodrid@vaxa.weeg.uiowa.edu (Stephen Klautky)
- Subject: Problem launching docs in finder
- Message-ID: <24JAN199315252738@vaxa.weeg.uiowa.edu>
- News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41
- Sender: agoodrid@vaxa.weeg.uiowa.edu (BIOCHEMISTRY)
- Nntp-Posting-Host: vaxa.weeg.uiowa.edu
- Organization: University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 21:25:00 GMT
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- I was having problems launching documents in the Finder. I tried
- rebuilding the desktop a few times and running MacTools DiskFix,
- and Disk First Aid but they did not cure the problem. Eventually,
- I booted the computer (][ci, 80 Mb HD) with Sys7 on a floppy.
- Then immediately after I rebooted the drive allowing the HD Sys7
- to load. It automatically began rebuilding the desktop. I was
- then able to launch applications via the documents that created
- them.
-
- Does anyone know what the difference is between the rebuilding
- of the desktop that I did (holding down option-command on
- startup) and the automatic rebuild that the ][ci forced on
- itself? Please note that the automatic rebuild only occured
- *after* a previous boot with Sys7 on a floppy.
-
- Should I worry that something worse may go wrong again related to
- this problem?
-
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- More details:
- Double-clicking on a document icon (such as MS Word or
- Cricket Graph) did not launch the application. Instead the
- system gave me an error message - application not found.
-
- This problem affected documents from every application I tested.
- However, I could launch the application itself by clicking on it.
- I could also launch the application by clicking on an alias of
- that application.
-
-
- Any information is appreciated.
-
- Steve AGOODRID@VAXA.WEEG.UIOWA.EDU
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