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From: rmh@apple.com (Rick Holzgrafe)
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Subject: Re: How does the Installer find "the system folder"?
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Date: 2 May 91 22:08:13 GMT
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In article <1991May1.124150.26744@phri.nyu.edu> roy@alanine.phri.nyu.edu 
(Roy Smith) writes:
> how does the Installer figure out where to do the
> installation?

The Finder, like Santa Claus, knows what you've been doing. If you drag 
both a System file and a copy of the Finder into a folder, that folder 
gets "blessed" as the current system folder. There is a standard code 
snippet that lets any app find the blessed folder.

To unbless a system folder, drag the Finder out of it.

A tip: Avoid having more than one blessable folder on a volume. It can be done but it's confusing for all concerned.

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