Re: [WinMac] Re: Finder Prefs no-no

Kurt Witowski(r5213c[at]email.sps.mot.com)
Thu, 18 Feb 1999 10:22:40 -0700

Dan Schwartz wrote:
>
> Kurt:
>
> Naughty, naughty! NEVER back up (or more accurately, restore) the Finder
> Preferences file... Any changes and all hell breaks loose. Just trash the
> old Finder Preferences file and let the MacOS build a new one from scratch
> each time. Even if you do succeed in restoring the Finder Preferences, you
> *still* have to reboot since the file is always locked for exclusive use...
>
> Cheers!
> Dan

Thanks for the feedback Dan. The reboot point you made is absolutly correct -
my oversite for not mentioning it. However, while I agree with you that
letting the MacOS build a new one is the safest way (and the way I've done it
98+% of the time), I've never had an issue restoring the Finder Prefs. In your
defense though, I've only done this three or so times :-). What is some of the
stuff you've run into by doing such?

Regards,
   Kurt Witowski

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