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From: mithomas@bsu-cs.UUCP (Michael Thomas Niehaus)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Problem Unbinhexing/Unstuffing Files
Keywords: Where's my applications
Message-ID: <6392@bsu-cs.UUCP>
Date: 30 Mar 89 00:58:55 GMT
References: <81@sierra.stanford.edu> <4330@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM> <12814@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU>
Distribution: comp.sys.mac
Organization: CS Dept, Ball St U, Muncie, Indiana
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In article <12814@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU>, earleh@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Earle R. Horton) writes:
> Two fixes exist.  Uncheck "Allow Background Tasks" under
> "Preferences..." or always unstuff files into closed folders.  (So
> that the file is not visible to the Finder until StuffIt is done with
> it.)
> 
> What is happening is that the Bundle Bit of the applications is not
> getting set correctly because of an interaction between the Finder and
> StuffIt.  The same thing can happen when downloading MacBinary files
> with the Bundle Bit set.
> 
> earleh:xyzzy:32768:7:Earle R. Horton,,,6434109:/hackers/earleh:/bin/rn



These problems only occur under MultiFinder.  These problems should not
occur under the Finder.  People who do not use MultiFinder very often
(like me) do not run into these problems.

-Michael



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