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Rebuiding desktop from OS X
Authored by: PCheese on Aug 24, '04 11:28:00AM

For machines that won't boot into OS 9:
What if you open the Classic Preference Pane, switch to the "Advanced" tab, and click the "Rebuild Desktop" button? That supposedly does the same thing as doing it from Classic. I haven't had this problem myself, however, so I can't test it.



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Rebuiding desktop from OS X
Authored by: gquinton on Aug 24, '04 03:49:35PM

I have been told that if you log out and then log back in to OSX it will rebuild the desktop. That's log out not shut down or restart...



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A fix for the "Open With:Not Applicable" error
Authored by: gourls on Aug 24, '04 04:20:37PM

You can boot from OS 9 if you have a restore CD. I don't know if the CD would help you on X, though. My iMac won't boot from OS 9 unless there's a restore CD. How did you do it?



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A fix for the "Open With:Not Applicable" error
Authored by: diamondsw on Aug 24, '04 06:33:49PM

Not quite sure what the rest of your comment meant, but you cannot boot OS 9 in any fashion from recent Mac's (anything 2003 onward, I believe). Classic under OS X, yes; OS 9 booting itself, no.



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A fix for the "Open With:Not Applicable" error
Authored by: gourls on Sep 18, '04 12:44:38AM
Oh........well, my machine runs X, but it's from 1998 or so. I figured that I can boot OS 9 if I turn the extensions off, but what fun is that? Besides, I don't use it anymore. I'll take your word for it. :)

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