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From: phil@vaxphw.dec.com (Phil Hunt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Fresh Start BUGS!
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Date: 5 Aug 89 21:03:25 GMT
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Hi,

I have tried the new INIT called 'Fresh Start'.  While the concept is
fantastic, I have found some MAJOR problems that the docs do not talk about...

I have a Mac II running System 6.0.3.  5 meg of memory.

When Fresh Start first comes up...it is supposed to show all your inits in a
'default' environment setting....Well, mine showed NO inits in the window...I
even rebooted to see if it would show up right the second time it ran!  Also,
the folders for chooser, startup and cdev documents didn't come up.

I had to check the 'clean system folder at startup' box and reboot....Then the
inits showed up in the window, but they showed up listed as inits
alphabetically past 'Fresh Start' and checked, then inits A-thru 'Fr'.  When it
was up, it had indeed put these items in the folders mentioned above..

I rebooted, and the inits were still listed out of alphabetical order, even
though fresh start was the only init in the system folder (others were now in
'Startup Folder').  So his idea of the other executing before Fresh Start was
in error.  I even renamed Fresh Start to '      @Fresh Start' to make it first. 
No go.

Also, it moves 'Desktop Manager' to 'Startup folder'.  Since Fresh Start
executes and manipulates directories before Desktop Mgr patches itself in
now...I get strange and spectacular crashes.  Desktop Manager is a 'System
Document', so I do not know why it was put in 'Startup Folder'.

So, I cannot recommend this init, though well intentioned, it is not debugged
very well yet.

Phil Hunt


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