Re: More HFS FST problems

[AHML Patron <ahmlpub@ahml.lib.il.us>]

> This has happened to me on ProDOS volumes too.  I do not know the full
> cause, but if you delete the Finder.data and Finder.root files, the
> missing folder should show up again.
> 
> The two files tell the Finder what to make of things and for some
> reason, that means not putting the folder's icon on the desktop.
> If the volume was a ProDOS volume, you could find out by using
> ProDOS 8.  Since it is HFS, you can't, but nonetheless, it is still
> there.  There is nothing damaged about the folder, btw.
> 
> -Scott G.

I am fairly certain that I deleted those files before posting the
message. I WILL DOUBLE CHECK, but I normally have the "save finder
information onto volume" option unchecked, and well as "hide invisible
files", and routinele delete the files from the root directories
whenever I overide the option.