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Re: Start-up Error Window

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From: John Alldred
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 00:00
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In article <48c0e02fd3hbradley@argonet.co.uk>, Harry Bradley
<hbradley@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> When switched on the computer starts up with the normal RiscOS logo,
> followed by the basic desktop icons as below:
> CD   HD   FD  Apps   RAM  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  Display   Acorn
> 
> This is immediately followed by an Error window stating:
> 
> An Application that loads a File of this type has not been 
> found by the Filer.   Open a Directory Display containing 
> the required Application and try again.
> 
> [...]
> 
> So far I have tried to remove, in turn, every App and File from:
> !Boot.Choices.Boot.PreDesk  and  Tasks

At a guess, it's something in ...Tasks which is causing the problem;

I suspect it's not so much a file or app in ...Tasks, but rather a
line in ...Tasks.!Boot  (Shift-double-click into !Edit to read it):

You want to look for a line starting "Run..." or "Filer_Run..."
followed by a dubious-looking filename:  by which I mean a data file,
not an application-beginning-with-pling.

The other place to look is inside the directory Utilities;  boot
sequences have a tendency to Filer_Boot /everything/ inside that
directory.

John


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From: John Alldred <protovale@argonet.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Start-up Error Window
Date: 1999/01/08
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