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Article #30788Re: Application not present
From: Kanthan Pillay
Date: Mon, 01 Aug 1988 13:45
Date: Mon, 01 Aug 1988 13:45
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In article <46700044@uxf.cso.uiuc.edu> msf1537@uxf.cso.uiuc.edu writes: > > Try rebuilding the desktop, by holding down the Command, Option, Shift >and Delete keys when the Finder is loading. This should solve the problem. > >(Yes, I know, only two or three of those keys need to be pressed to rebuild the >desktop. But there are so many programs that make use of some arcane keypress >combination that I have forgotten the specific keys for "rebuild the desktop," >but I know that if I hit them all, it will work...) > Scott Forbes | UUCP: uunet!uiucuxc!uxf!msf1537 This is a dangerous attitude, frinstance, holding down Tab at the same time will erase an inserted disk. As it turns out, Option-Command-Shift-Delete is the sequence you would use for booting off of a floppy and not mounting any attached SCSI disks. Holding down Option-Command will do fine for rebuilding the desktop. Kanthan. -- Do I really need a signature?
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!nosc!ucsd!rutgers!njin!princeton!phoenix!svpillay From: svpillay@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Kanthan Pillay) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Application not present Message-ID: <3367@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> Date: 1 Aug 88 13:45:21 GMT References: <326@intelisc.UUCP> <46700044@uxf.cso.uiuc.edu> Reply-To: svpillay@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Kanthan Pillay) Organization: The Institution for the Temporarily Intelligent Lines: 31