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From: dant@ryptyde.UUCP (Daniel Tracy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: SYSTEM 7 and Mount Volume XFCN (was Mount Volume XFCN)
Message-ID: <17@ryptyde.UUCP>
Date: 5 Jun 91 00:00:13 GMT
References: <55302@nigel.ee.udel.edu> <1991Jun3.210413.9752@svc.portal.com> <2997@lee.SEAS.UCLA.EDU>
Reply-To: dant@ryptyde.UUCP (Daniel Tracy)
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In article <1991Jun3.210413.9752@svc.portal.com> leonardr@sv.portal.com (Leonard
Rosenthol) writes:
>In article <55302@nigel.ee.udel.edu>, johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu writes:
>> If this is the only problem, then leave it in the System Folder and alias
>> it to the Extensions folder.  Or the other way around ....
>>
>Although this sounds like a good idea in concept, it won't help.  If you
>leave it in Extensions and alias into System, the XCMD won't work since it
>doesn't know anything about aliases and can't find the original.  On the other
>hand, if you put it in the System Folder, the XCMD will/should work, but the
>Chooser won't find it.
>Aliases don't happen automatically, programmers have to support them!

I sure hope you're wrong! Actually, I believe that Aliases ARE handled by
the System, not the Finder, but aliases of Extensions will not work because
Extensions are loaded and executed before the Aliase Manager is. So the 
following SHOULD WORK:

Leave the Extension in the Extensions folder. Leave an alias of the Extension
inside the System Folder proper.