Re: A problem with System 6

[unknown@apple.com (Matt Ackeret)]

In article <mark-051093101717@128.157.9.145>,
Mark Manning <mark@trillian.jsc.nasa.gov> wrote:
>3. Window size information lost.
>   A. This is an old problem which I never found out what the outcome
>      of this was.  Basically, if you open a window and resize the
>      window via the expand-o-matic box, and then run an application;
>      then the expand-o-matic size becomes the default size.

	HUH?  Do you have Finder information saving on or off?  If it is
off, and there is no Finder.Data file there already, of course it will be
the default size whether or not you have manually changed the size of the
window.

	You must have Finder information saving on, or if it's off, 
(1) hold down control when you close the window, or (2) hold down control
when you run a program, for it to save the info..  (#2 will save the whole
desktop info including open windows).

>4. Not keeping Finder info equals always seeing the same thing.
>   A. Another problem which cropped up when I turned off the saving of
>      Finder information to the disk.  I found that the same windows
>      kept popping back up as open after exiting an application even
>      though those windows had been closed and others opened.

	Of course.  You must have had Save Finder Info _on_ at some point
when you ran a program.  It keeps track of all open windows.  Since you have
turned it off, it is just using the same information it used to use.

	The easiest way to get around this (_highly_annoying_) problem is 
to just close all windows, hold down control and double-click on a program.
When you get back to the Finder, the desktop will be saved and you're 
all set. (I wish there were a much easier way to save the desktop!)
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