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From: wetter@tybalt.caltech.edu (Pierce T. Wetter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: FullWrite & Macro Maker
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Date: 26 May 88 21:08:25 GMT
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>The continuing launch problem has me baffled (the Mac says something about
>the application being busy or missing...). Why in the world should simply
>moving the FullWrite icon on the desktop temporarily fix the problem?
>
   Your desktop file is trashed. The desktop file is where the finder stores 
all the info about each volume. Window layout, type, location, where the 
applications are on disk etc. For a brute force rebuild, hold down command and
option when the finder mounts a disk.
Pierce
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