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- From: Gerry.Tomlinson@newcastle.ac.uk (Gerry Tomlinson)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
- Subject: Re: Desktop file's getting screwed up, What to do?
- Message-ID: <BxM45K.3v@newcastle.ac.uk>
- Date: 12 Nov 92 16:51:20 GMT
- Organization: Computing Laboratory, U of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK NE1 7RU.
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- bob@beamlab.ps.uci.edu (bob prohaska) writes:
- >
- >Recently my aux 3.0 system has started losing things like document and
- >program icons, and disconnecting aliases left on the desktop.
- >
- >Rebuilding the desktop seems to help for a day or two, then icons revert
- >to their generic form and creating applications can't be found.
- >
- >The system appears to work ok otherwise, and the only new inits are Applied
- >Engineering's AE Shadow, and Suitcase II 2.0. (2.1.1 causes a prompt
- >crash).
- >
- >Neither seems connected to desktop files, and the problem develops slowly
- >enough that it'll be hard to find the culprit by elimination.
- >
- >If anybody knows what's going on please clue me in!
-
- Me too!
- I've seen this happen on several occasions to different (though similarly
- configured) A/UX 3.0 machines. Sometimes the icons don't go but aliases that
- I've added to the Apple Menu fail to be resolved - sometimes the icons go as
- well.
-
- Gerry.
-
- Gerry.Tomlinson@newcastle.ac.uk
- Computing Laboratory, The University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, NE1 7RU
- Tel: +44 091 222 8139
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