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- From: bx341@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Robert E. Winston)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
- Subject: Re: No Color Desktop Patterns
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- Date: 23 Aug 92 00:12:51 GMT
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- > I seem to be no longer able to change the color of my color
- > desktop patterns. The b/w patterns are still there in the
- > General Controls/Control Panel, but there is no bar at the
- > bottom for color changes. I have been using a shareware
- > program called "Desktop Patterns, Vol. 1" that I got from
- > Sumex. It puts color patterns on the desktop, so I assume it
- > patches the OS somehow.
- > How do I unpatch?
-
- There are two ways to fix this.
- 1) Replace the system. If you do this be sure to drag the old
- System file to the trash then startup with the System 7 Install
- 1 disk. If you don't trash the old system first, the installer
- saves the desktop pattern from the old system file and puts it
- in the new one.You will have accomplished nothing.
- 2) Use ResEdit.
- <Children under 18: Ask your parent's permission before using
- ResEdit>
- Open the System file with ResEdit.
- Double click 'ppat' and select and cut resource #16. This is
- your current desktop pattern.
- Double click 'ppt#'. This is where the color patterns live.
- Double click resource #0, the only one.
- On the right side of the picker, select any one of the color
- patterns by single clicking it.
- Copy and paste this pattern into 'ppat'.
- Do a <Command> <I> or select "Get Resource Info" from the
- Resource menu.
- Change the ID# to 16.
- Save and quit ResEdit.
- You should now be able to select any of the color patterns in
- the General Cdev.
-
- ____
- Robert E. Winston usr4818a@tso.uc.edu
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