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From: brecher@well.UUCP (Steve Brecher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Can MultiFinder turn itself on?
Message-ID: <11270@well.UUCP>
Date: 8 Apr 89 01:10:17 GMT
References: <7671@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> <2646@carthage.cs.swarthmore.edu>
Reply-To: brecher@well.UUCP (Steve Brecher)
Organization: Software Supply, Sunnyvale, CA
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In article <2646@carthage.cs.swarthmore.edu>, jackiw@cs.swarthmore.edu
(Nick Jackiw) writes:

> [T]he "Finder Startup" file ... determines which applications--and what
> Finder environment--are executed initially...

The name of the startup application in the boot blocks is what determines the
initial evvironment.  Finder's Set Startup command, when invoked with the
MultiFinder radio button on, writes "MultiFinder" into the boot blocks as the
name of the startup "application."  On startup, MultiFinder is launched,
installs itself, and quits.  The shell application (normally Finder) is then
launched.  Finder uses the Finder Startup file to determine what applications
and DAs, if any, to automatically open.  Finder Startup is not used unless
MultiFinder is on.
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brecher@well.UUCP (Steve Brecher)