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From: Garance_Drosehn@mts.rpi.edu (Garance Drosehn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Control Panel Woes
Message-ID: <B~J%Y%&@rpi.edu>
Date: 21 Sep 90 23:32:09 GMT
References: <4065@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu>
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst.
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In article <4065@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu> 
kap1@phyllis.math.binghamton.edu (Dietrich Kappe) writes:
> A strange thing has happened to my mac (MacPlus, Finder 6.1, System 
6.0.2).
> After my Disinfectant INIT warned me about a WDEF A on my hard drive, and
   ... description of problems with Control Panel removed...
> I've reinstalled the system, removed all INITS, removed all excess fonts 
and
> DA's,-- in short, I've tried isolating the one variable that nukes my
> control panel's icon list.  My conclusion:  its the hard disk. 

There's probably another variable in the mix.  I'd guess that it isn't the 
hard disk per se, but the desktop file that the finder has built for the 
hard disk.  See if rebuilding the desktop fixes up the problems you're 
seeing.  Another option is to do something that causes the finder to take 
another look at all your control panel files (like move them all out of 
the system folder, and then move them back in again).

Just some free suggestions, and worth every penny...

Garance_Drosehn@mts.rpi.edu
ITS Systems Programmer
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy, NY.  USA