[comp.sys.mac] bug in Finder 5.4

steig@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Mark J. Steiglitz) (05/13/87)

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> From: DDUNHAM (Delphi Mac Digest V3 #27)
> 
> Apparently Finder 5.4 is closing working directories when you insert a
> disk. This causes great difficulties with desk accessories that try to
> be polite by not leaving files open all the time, instead just
> remembering the WDRefNum and name (for later saving).

I've found a bug almost as bad.  Whenever any file copy is performed, no
matter how small the files, no matter how much memory is available, Finder
5.4 closes all Desk Accessories.  Would some knowledgeable person from Apple
please explain why this is being done.
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