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From: urlichs@smurf.sub.org (Matthias Urlichs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Strange results when rebuilding Desktop
Keywords: Desktop
Message-ID: <xyl$e2.4f9@smurf.sub.org>
Date: 14 Aug 90 16:24:36 GMT
References: <1990Aug13.004546.16306@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Organization: University of Karlsruhe, FRG
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In comp.sys.mac.system, article <1990Aug13.004546.16306@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>,
  strustee@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Scott Forbes) writes:
< 
< The activity:	Rebuilding the Desktop on the hard disk, by holding down
< 		Command and Option after the INIT parade ends on startup
< 
< The results:	[...]
< 		A dialog box appears with the universal "stop" icon and
< 		an "OK" button, but no message.  The box is the same size
< 		as the "Are you sure?" box, and clicking the "OK" button
< 		allows me to continue.  I don't know if the desktop is
< 		successfully rebuilt or not.
< 
It was not -- the Finder ran out of memory while trying to rebuild. Hence the
empty dialog box.

Fixes:
- Install the Desktop Manager, or
- Increase you Finder's memory. The default 160 kByte are _way_too_small_,
  and it's time someone at Apple realizes this and does something against it.

< Other info:	Disinfectant 2.0 says I'm virus-free.
Fortunately, this isn't a virus,

< 		There are 700+ files on the disk drive.
Which is triggering the problem,

< 		I want to buy a IIfx but can't afford one.
Which is another problem altogether (hint: you're not alone. I can't afford
a IIfx either, but I'm getting one anyway ;-) .


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