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Subject: Word 3.0 on Macserve Volume
Summary: DoubleClicking Word document gives problems
Keywords: MS Word, Macserve.
Message-ID: <399@kunivv1.sci.kun.nl>
Date: 16 Aug 89 13:39:26 GMT
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Reply-To: hendrik@wn2.UUCP (Kees van Eekelen)
Organization: University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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From: hendrik@wn2.sci.kun.nl (Kees van Eekelen)
Path: wn2!hendrik

has anyone ever met the following problem:

when double-clicking a MS-Word Document on a Macserve volume, it starts up the
application all right (which is on the same volume). If one tries, after
quitting the application, to double-click the document symbol again, you get
an error message that the applcation is busy or not found. IF ONE MOVES the
application symbol slightly on the desktop, double-clicking the document
brings Word to life again, as if the Desktop File has to be updated every time
in order to enable launching Word from a document.

I surmise the problem is very specific for Word 3.01 in combination with
Macserve 1.2 (the latest, but ancient enough), AND system 6.01. Under system
4.3 everything worked just fine.

Can someone offer a clue on what's going wrong, or better still: what we can
do about it?