File associations in Panther

Robert Brenstein rjb at rz.uni-potsdam.de
Fri Feb 27 12:50:35 EST 2004


Yes, that is one of the tricks for MAc Classic. Not sure whether 
still works under OSX.

Robert

>Could you edit the finder flags and turned the Inited bit off and 
>then open the folder again?
>
>At 11:18 AM 2/27/2004, you wrote:
>
>>>>>I sometimes have to stuff the standalone.  Then delete the 
>>>>>original.  Then unstuff to get it all to work again.  On really 
>>>>>bad cases, I file transfer the standalone to another mac and 
>>>>>then bring it back.  This always does the trick.
>>>>
>>>>As I mentioned recently on the list, deleting the standalone and 
>>>>then dragging it back out of the Trash does the same.
>>>
>>>Curious.  Is this a Finder bug?  Is it a known issue?
>>>
>>>--
>>>  Richard Gaskin
>>>  Fourth World Media Corporation
>>
>>It is a long-standing (as long as OS7 at least) issue, although I 
>>would not call it a bug as such. The problem is to trigger Finder 
>>into updating its desktop database for a program that is already 
>>cataloged.
>>
>>Robert Brenstein
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