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From: spencer@dip.eecs.umich.edu (Spencer W. Thomas)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Multifinder 6.1b9 and background folder
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Date: 27 Jul 90 15:39:10 GMT
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Organization: University of Michigan EECS Dept, Ann Arbor, MI
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I'm confused.  I have 2 Mac IIs, one at home, one at work.  Both
running 6.0.5 (installed with installer) and MF 6.1b9.  I read the
recent message about using the "Background folder" to start apps in
the background upon boot.  So I tried it at work.  Worked like a
charm.  Then I tried it at home.  Didn't work at all.  So what gives?

More info:
They have similar (large) sets of inits.  But, even when I restarted
with a minimal set (INIT CDEV, Gatekeeper Aid and Gatekeeper,
MaxAppleZoom, Desktop Manager), I didn't get any of my background
folder apps to start.

One interesting note:  Although the apps show up on the apple menu,
the "about the finder" box incorporates their memory into the
"System".