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Article #10593Re: All MacWrite docs have incorrect "Kind"?
From: Alan D Danziger
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 1990 04:41
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 1990 04:41
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In article <14727@muvms3.bitnet> mcguffey@muvms3.bitnet (Michael McGuffey) writes: > >One of our users is having a problem with her Mac SE. It seems that >her MacWrite documents have changed their "Kind" to "letter for bob >document" where "letter for bob" is the name of a Macwrite document >that she created this morning. > >Anyone know what could be causing this? Any help would be greatly >appreciated. > > >-- michael This problem is caused by the 'Bundle' bit being set... This tells the Finder (incorrectly) that the file is an application. (Actually, it tells the Desktop file this.) I'm not quite sure how this might have happened, but that is the most likely cause. The problem would be fixed (if no other way) by copying the file 'letter for bob' onto a floppy, deleting it from the hard drive, rebuilding the desktop, and opening the file from the floppy, and resaving it (within MacWrite) onto the hard drive. There are less complicated ways but this is the quick&dirtiest... One easier way is to get the program "BundAid" and run it, and then rebuild the desktop (I think - I'm not absolutely sure it is necessary..) Good luck -- -=Alan=- aland@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!yale!mintaka!chaos.cs.brandeis.edu!aland From: aland@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Alan D Danziger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: All MacWrite docs have incorrect "Kind"? Message-ID: <1990Mar17.044147.15853@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu> Date: 17 Mar 90 04:41:47 GMT References: <14727@muvms3.bitnet> Organization: Brandeis University Computer Science Dept Lines: 34