Re: [WinMac] Subject: Re: VPC 2 Upgrade from new VPC 2

Curtis Wilcox(cwcx[at]uhura.cc.rochester.edu)
Wed, 12 Aug 1998 08:53:56 -0400

At 11:23 PM 8/11/98 +0530, Peter Boisseau wrote:
>
>
>>Peter Mannheim <pm-fosco@dircon.co.uk> Wrote:
>>
>>For anyone else updating a VPC 1.01 image to VPC 2 - I'm using the VPC 2
>>full CD though I don't "think" the disk image update process is different -
>>I found 2 final stumbling blocks, 1 fixable, the other less so.
>>
>>1. Drag-and-drop with folders DOES NOT WORK from Mac to PC desktop until -
>>wait for it - you share an Alias - ANY alias - residing on the Mac desktop!
>>This somehow "enables" VPC 2's folder drag-and-drop from Mac to PC. (
>>Unsharing the alias kills the drag-and-drop again )
>
>Could you explain in more detail what you mean by 'share' an alias.

I think in VPC-speak he means "map a drive letter to a folder or alias on
the Mac Desktop." I wonder if the 'on the Mac desktop' part is really
required.

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