Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!nrl-cmf!ames!claris!apple!goldman
From: goldman@Apple.COM (Phil Goldman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Quitting the Finder under MF
Message-ID: <7767@apple.Apple.Com>
Date: 23 Mar 88 22:47:24 GMT
References: <1316@ut-emx.UUCP>
Reply-To: goldman@apple.UUCP (Phil Goldman)
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
Lines: 22
Keywords: Multifinder, Cricket Draw, PrintMonitor

In article <1316@ut-emx.UUCP> jdm@ut-emx.UUCP (Jim Meiss) writes:
>...
>What happened though, was that the finder quit too. So here I was running 
>PrintMonitor only, with the MF icon in the upper right, and no "Finder" in
>the Desk accessory menu, or anywhere! Wow! I always wanted to be able to
>run applications without the finder, and there I was. I still could get
>to my DA's and they ran under the DA Handler, which upon quiting gave me
>back PrintMonitor. I finally hit the debug button and got the finder
>back by SM 0 A9F4, G 0. But the system was in an unstable state...As
>was my heart.


Just like any other application, the Finder can crash.  When this happens, the
user is not informed since it is the job of the Finder to do the informing.
When you quit all other apps, a new Finder will automatically be launched.
Until then, you are running "Finder-less".

One more note:  There is nothing in MultiFinder that prevents the Finder from
quitting, there is simply no way for the user to convince the Finder to do so.

-Phil Goldman
Apple Computer