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From: jtn@potomac.ads.com (John T. Nelson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Bundle bits and a bizarre Mac problem...
Message-ID: <7596@potomac.ads.com>
Date: 13 Feb 89 02:42:46 GMT
Organization: Advanced Decision Systems, Arlington VA
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Thanks to everyone who responded about my query concerning a wierd
problem with file types.  Many (*many*) of you out there suggested
unsetting the Bundle Bits on the files.  Thanks, that seems to be
working.

In fact I've received SO many responses, would everyone PLEASE don't
send me anymore mail telling me about Bundle Bits?  I'm deluged with
mail that goes basically like this:

"Gee, sounds like your Bundle Bits are set, have you tried
Resedit...." and so on.

For those of you who don't know what's going on... my documents are
pointing to other documents as their file types.  You need Resedit to
do a "get info" on the file which will let you unset that file's
Bundle Bits.  Doing so to all of the offending files will fix the
problem.  You may need to rebuild the desktop afterwards though.

Again thanks all... this was a sticky problem.



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