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From: jonu@FtCollins.NCR.com (Jon Udell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Sudden trouble opening Excell documents
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Date: 30 Jul 90 12:26:11 GMT
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In-reply-to: dwal@midway.uchicago.edu's message of 26 Jul 90 16:53:33 GMT

In article <1990Jul26.165333.19623@midway.uchicago.edu> dwal@midway.uchicago.edu (David Walton) writes:

(Explanation of origin of error message).

dw> The long and short of all this is that if you get the "Application is
dw> busy or missing" message, it's not the application's fault, it's the
dw> Finder's.  ...  These steps have been recommended by nine out of ten
dw> Mac users to cure your desktop ills (and they won't stick to your
dw> dental work!):

(Steps deleted).

I feel I should point out that neither your (otherwise convincing)
explanation or your list of remedies explains why attempting to relaunch
the application always works.  Can anyone shed some light on this?

--Jon