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From: folta@tove.cs.umd.edu (Wayne Folta)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: "System extension" dialogue
Message-ID: <34869@mimsy.umd.edu>
Date: 25 May 91 01:44:22 GMT
References: <1991May25.011041.30837@m.cs.uiuc.edu>
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Reply-To: folta@tove.cs.umd.edu (Wayne Folta)
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"+-------------------------------------------------------+
"|8-)  	System extension				|
"|							|
"|	This file adds functionality to your		|
"|	Macintosh.  To add this file's functionality	|
"|	to your Macintosh, place the file in the	|
"|	Extensions Folder and then restart the		|
"|	computer.					|
"|				     /-------\		|
"|				    |	OK    |		|
"|				     \-------/		|
"+-------------------------------------------------------+
"What does this dialogue mean?  It appears twice every time
"I boot my machine, and I can't figure out how to make it
"go away.....

Sounds like you placed some extensions in the Startup Items subfolder of 
the System Folder. Anything placed here is opened at startup. Attempting
to open an extension produces the above dialog. Simply find the extensions
in your Startup Items folder and move them to the Extensions folder.
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Wayne Folta          (folta@cs.umd.edu  128.8.128.8)