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How to Salvage File with Missing Resource Fork?
Authored by: samdiener on Apr 02, '04 02:21:24AM

I transfered a file from an os 9 machine to an os 10.3.2 machine using a flash memory key. Apparently, in the transfer the resource fork on the file was lost. The application (turbotax) can't open the file, and they are telling me it's an operating system issue, not an application issue.

The type and creator code also were missing. I went into classic and used resedit to fix the type and creator code. Now, the file has the Turbotax icon and all, but the program still can't open it, and resedit says the resource fork is missing.

Is there a way to create a new resource fork for the file so that I could open it again?

When I go to versiontracker, I see programs which promise to delete the resource fork me, but not ones to create or restore one. I didn't understand what to do after reading this thread so far.

Any help you could provide would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Sam



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How to Salvage File with Missing Resource Fork?
Authored by: hamarkus on Apr 03, '04 05:34:47AM

If you still have the original files, you could try to zip or maybe better 'sit' them, using 'DropStuff' or 'DropZip' (you can get a free trial version, 7.x for OS 9, here: http://www.stuffit.com/cgi-bin/stuffit_loginpage.cgi?standardmac ), before transferring them.



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