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From: truesdel@ics.uci.edu (Scott Truesdell)
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Subject: Re: DA's don't work under multifinder
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Date: 16 Aug 89 01:12:38 GMT
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tom@kahuna.math.hawaii.edu (Tom Craven) writes:

>When I run under multifinder, I get only a beep when I try to run any
>desk accessory.  They all work perfectly without multifinder.  I would
>appreciate any ideas as to what might be wrong.  I have an SE running 
>system 6.0.2 and 2.5 megabytes of memory.

Do you have the DA Handler in the System Folder?  If you install your
systems via the Installer (as everyone should nowadays), it
automatically copies DA Handler over to your Hard Disk. DAs run under
their own MultiFinder "partition" and it is the DA Handler which
orchestrates this functionality.

  --scott
 
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Scott Truesdell