Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!im4u!ut-sally!ut-emx!jcc
From: jcc@ut-emx.UUCP (J. Chris Cooley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Where did my DAs go?
Message-ID: <1479@ut-emx.UUCP>
Date: 29 Mar 88 21:00:03 GMT
References: <8176@cisunx.UUCP>
Distribution: na
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
Lines: 13
Summary: Missing file...

In article <8176@cisunx.UUCP>, vangelde@cisunx.UUCP (Timothy J Van) writes:
> When running under Multifinder, I select a DA and the machine just makes
> insolent noises at me.
> I know this doesnt happen to everyone, so - where did my DAs go? What is
> wrong with my system? What can I do to escape this annoying little problem?
> Any suggestions appreciated... (I take it there is an easy answer somewhere
> in the vicinity, I'm just sick of trying to find it.)

Yes, very easy.  

You are missing the system file called "DA Handler".  It's a file that comes
with the MultiFinder stuff and sits in your system folder, waiting for you
to invoke a DA without holding down the option key.