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From: bskendig@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Brian Kendig)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: System 7.0 Finder crash
Message-ID: <9689@idunno.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 19 May 91 18:35:34 GMT
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In article <21506@brahms.udel.edu> weave@brahms.udel.edu (Ken Weaverling) writes:
>I just created a trash can alias, put it in the root window, and renamed it
>to trash (but with a space before and after the name). When an attempt was
>made to open the alias, the machine hung. I have been able to reproduce this
>over and over.

Here's a suggested workaround: don't put a trash can alias in your
root window and rename it to " trash "?  ;)

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