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From: johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu
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Subject: Re: "System extension" dialogue
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Date: 25 May 91 02:32:25 GMT
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In article <1991May25.011041.30837@m.cs.uiuc.edu>, gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu (Don Gillies) writes...
> 
>+-------------------------------------------------------+
>|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.....

It means that you put a system extension (in this case 2 inits
or aliases thereof) into the startup folder, rather than the 
extensions folder where they belong.

Items placed in the startup folder (which replaces "Set Startup" 
from Finder < 7.0) are opened at startup.  You'll get the same 
dialog if you click on an init in the Finder.

Under 7.0, the System Folder is intelligent;  all you need to do 
is drag the init to the System folder and it will be placed in the
correct sub-Folder.

Some 7.0-unaware extensions seem to get placed in the System Folder
proper;  others must be aliased back to the System Folder to work
properly.  But give it a chance to work before second-guessing!

-- Bill (johnston@minnie.me.udel.edu)