A fix for disabled Finder message windows

Jul 25, '03 10:33:00AM

Contributed by: Chris Haynes

I have recently been having a problem with networking my desktop PMG4/867DP to my PBook G4/12" via AppleTalk over AirPort. Sometimes, the Finder on my desktop Mac would stop copying files halfway through, and leave me a little Finder message window saying something like, "The files could not be copied because an unexpected error occurred".

Unfortunately, this window was disabled. The minimise and maximise controles were enabled, but the "OK" button was disabled. I couldn't get rid of it. Until now...

Add the "Quit Finder" item to your Finder using one of the hints found on this site. Then, quit the Finder. It will tell you that there are some operations in progress and it can't quit. Simply click the "OK" button and the disabled message window is brought to the front and enabled, ready for dismissing!

Note: I *have* tried the "Bring All to Front" menu item, but it didn't work.

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