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From: dwal@ellis.uchicago.edu (David Walton)
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Subject: Re: Help with Multifinder/DA incompatability?
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Date: 25 Aug 90 01:04:21 GMT
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In article <21540@duke.cs.duke.edu> jfw@neuro.duke.edu (John Whitehead) writes:
>Our Macintosh SE works fine under Finder, but under Multifinder *none*
>of the desk accessories work.  When you try to select one, it just
>gives an error beep and will not start up, no matter what it is (even
>control panel, find file, et al.).  But when you restart under Finder,
>all work fine.  Does anyone know the cause?

It never rains but it pours (referring to the numerous recent posts
from people with this problem).

The problem is that you don't have the DA Handler application
installed in your System Folder.  Under MultiFinder, DAs launch by
default into an application layer which is managed by this
program--and if the program isn't in the System Folder when you choose
a DA, all you'll get is a beep.  Find the file DA Handler on one of
your System Tools disks (System Tools, or Utilities 1 or 2), and copy
it into your System Folder.  Then pull down DAs to your little heart's
content (err, well, until DA Handler runs out of memory, anyhow...).

The reason the DAs work under Finder is that without MultiFinder, they
are launched in the application heap of the currently active
application.  (You can also do this in MultiFinder by holding down the
option key when you launch a DA.)

>    John Whitehead	               Internet:  jfw@neuro.duke.edu




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