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Saving the desktop

#24947
From: didier
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1987 01:50
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In article <8702121512.AA29066@marlin.ARPA> you write:
>In article <8702111319.AA00894@inria.inria.fr> you write:
>>Also, I have noticed that with a ramdisk installed, say in drive C, whenever
>>I save the desktop,the desktop.inf goes in the C ramdisk, not in the A floppy.
>>Is this a desirable feature ?It certainly is a bit annoying, since it requires
>>an extra copy from C to A.
>>
>The desktop.inf should be save to the drive that is currently active in the
>GEM Windows.  Try saving the Desktop with only the A drive active.
>-- 
> dobbs@marlin.nosc.mil         "An adventure is the result of bad
>--Lynn                         planning." Admiral Richard E. Byrd

 What I reported above was with ramdisk C closed and drive A open and active
on the desktop (desktop.inf goes in C when saved!). I dunno, looks like a bug to
me.

Didier Giralt                             LAAS-CNRS
                                          7 av du Colonel Roche
...!seismo!mcvax!inria!lasso!didier       31077 Toulouse Cedex
                                          France

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