Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!rochester!cornell!batcomputer!pyramid!voder!apple!dwb From: dwb@apple.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Can't reconstruct the Desktop file on a Mac II Message-ID: <6925@apple.UUCP> Date: Mon, 7-Dec-87 16:40:38 EST Article-I.D.: apple.6925 Posted: Mon Dec 7 16:40:38 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 12-Dec-87 18:39:38 EST References: <6860@apple.UUCP> <6101@drutx.ATT.COM> Reply-To: dwb@apple.UUCP (David W. Berry) Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, USA Lines: 43 In article <6101@drutx.ATT.COM> clive@drutx.ATT.COM (Clive Steward) writes: >> In article <10691@duke.cs.duke.edu> hsg@duke.cs.duke.edu (Henry Greenside) writes: >>>I am having trouble reconstructing my Desktop on a Mac II (5 megabytes >>>of memory, Apple Color monitor, MultiFinder/Finder 6.0, System 4.2, etc.) > >in article <6860@apple.UUCP>, dwb@apple.UUCP (David W. Berry) says: >> >>The solution is to boot Finder instead of MultiFinder (hold down >> command when booting) > >The trouble with this is, if you have previously (as usual) Set >Startup to run Multifinder, the rebuild message comes up only after >Multifinder has started. OK. Apparently I was a little vague :-) Try this: 1. Reboot and hold Command down until the Finder's Apple Icon appears. This prevents MultiFinder from loading. 2. As the Apple Icon appears, add option and shift to command, this will cause Finder to recreate the desktop. 3. Command-Option double click on MultiFinder to start it now that you've down what you needed to do. As an alternate, if you find you can't hit the, admittedly small window before the desktop appears, you can enter any arbitrary program after booting w/out multifinder as above and then hold down command-shift-option while exiting it. > >So I guess the trick is to start the machine, then re-Set Startup to >Finder only, then reboot with the shift-option-command held down. > >Thanks for the explanation about the Finder memory, incidentally. I >had increased my Finder memory allocation to avoid this problem, and >will now go back. > > >Clive Steward -- David W. Berry dwb@well.uucp dwb@Delphi dwb@apple.com 973-5168@408.MaBell Disclaimer: Apple doesn't even know I have an opinion and certainly wouldn't want if they did.