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- From: keith@taligent.com (Keith Rollin)
- Subject: Re: The Forgetful Finder
- Message-ID: <keith-091192124523@kip-16.taligent.com>
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- References: <1992Nov5.174108.20232@hobbes.kzoo.edu> <Nov.9.12.14.27.1992.24843@math.rutgers.edu>
- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 20:46:47 GMT
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- In article <Nov.9.12.14.27.1992.24843@math.rutgers.edu>,
- bohus@math.rutgers.edu (Geza Bohus) wrote:
- >
- > k044477@hobbes.kzoo.edu (Jamie R. McCarthy) writes:
- >
- > > Every once in a while, when you restart, the Finder will forget some
- > > information about one or more windows. Sometimes they're open windows,
- > > sometimes not. It remembers icon placements, but not the View-By,
- > > window size, or window location. I've never noticed any pattern to it.
- >
- > This is just pure theory, but I think the explanation is that the
- > Finder saves this kind of info only when you unmount the disk (or some
- > such.) Anyway, when you crash and restart it doesn't have a chance to
- > write these settings to disk. I've had it happen too (on both an SI
- > and an SE/30).
- >
- > Any confirmations?
-
- The problem occurs even if you don't crash. I've even seen it happen
- without restarting my computer. I close the window, and some later when I
- re-open it, the layout information has been munged.
-
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- Keith Rollin
- Phantom Programmer
- Taligent, Inc.
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