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From: pejacoby@mmm.serc.3m.com (Paul E. Jacoby)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Under the apple
Message-ID: <1991Jun7.191201.7387@mmm.serc.3m.com>
Date: 7 Jun 91 19:12:01 GMT
References: <1991Jun6.110545.1@mee.tcd.ie>
Reply-To: pejacoby@mmm.serc.3m.com (Paul E. Jacoby)
Organization: 3M - St. Paul, MN  55144-1000 US
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In article <1991Jun6.110545.1@mee.tcd.ie> richard@mee.tcd.ie writes:
>One of the fx's in the lab that I look after has developed the most annoying
>habit of needing the option key pressed before you can access any of the
>D.A.'s under the apple.
>
>I'm sure that it was done by a beloved student who likes giving us 
>challenges.

Copy the file "DA Handler" back into the System folder.  I assume you
hear a beep any time you try to get at a DA under MultiFinder.  That is
because DA Handler is missing.

By holding down the option key, you open the DA into the application
heap, thus bypassing the DA Handler.

Paul
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