Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!van-bc!rsoft!mindlink!a379 From: a379@mindlink.UUCP (Gordon Mulcaster) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Problem rebuilding desktop file Message-ID: <540@mindlink.UUCP> Date: 27 Sep 89 14:44:11 GMT Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada Lines: 17 > carnes writes: > > On restart I press the command and option keys together to > force a rebuild of the desktop file. After about 2 minutes of > disk I/O action the following alert message is displayed: > > The desktop could not be completely rebuilt (out of > memory) > > What memory are we talking here?? Disk or core?? What can be > done. Any help would be appreciated! Always rebuild the desktop using Finder not MultiFinder. MF doesn't reserve enough memory to rebuild a large desktop... ttul gm