[comp.sys.mac] "application not found" message

bh11+@andrew.cmu.edu (Braddock John Hathaway) (03/09/90)

I've been meaning to post this for a while ...

for the past month or two, I've been getting the message
"application not found" whenever I try to open a document
whose application is buried a couple of levels deep in the
HFS.

I thought that the Desktop file was supposed to keep track
of this.  I've tried fixing the desktop with the application
"fix desktop" (yes, I had the "fix application list" option
checked off), but to no avail.

What am I doing wrong?  Am I mistaken in any of my assumptions?

Thanks,

Brad

wiseman@tellab5.tellabs.com (Jeff Wiseman) (03/13/90)

In article <IZxnLWi00Uh7I2AEV0@andrew.cmu.edu> bh11+@andrew.cmu.edu (Braddock John Hathaway) writes:
   [stuff deleted]
>I thought that the Desktop file was supposed to keep track
>of this.  I've tried fixing the desktop with the application
>"fix desktop" (yes, I had the "fix application list" option
>checked off), but to no avail.

Would someone please explain this to me. I noticed that it is not one of the
defaults in Fix desktop (a real nifty utility by the way). What does fix
application list really mean and why would I NOT want to do it (a la the
default settings)?


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