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- From: geoffb@coos.dartmouth.edu (Thumper)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
- Subject: Re: Shutdowns, Windows, Trash
- Message-ID: <C1KsJE.Ix7@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
- Date: 28 Jan 93 17:57:11 GMT
- References: <1993Jan28.084050.5437@netcom.com>
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- In <1993Jan28.084050.5437@netcom.com> tmaddox@netcom.com (Tom Maddox) writes:
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- > One of System 7(.01)'s oddities is that upon a reboot, the desktop often
- >appears in an earlier state than when the reboot occurred. Sometimes deleted
- >files even reappear.
-
- Just how are you rebooting your Mac? I only see those kinds of problems
- when I have a crash and have to manually restart the computer to unfreeze
- it.
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- > Is there some way of forcing the system/finder/whatever is in charge to
- >update the current state of the desktop?
-
- No clue, but I've never had problems with that kind of information being
- saved if I use the Restart and Shut Down commands in the Special Menu.
-
- You could have a corrupted Finder Prefs file I suppose.
-
- -Geoff
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- geoffb@Dartmouth.EDU - Computing Support Consultant, Tuck School of Business
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