bird@cbnewsd.att.com (j.l.walters) (11/24/90)
I have to compelling finder questions: 1. How does one copy a file from: /H1/D1/CRUD to /H1/DX/CRUD without deleting /H1/D1/CRUD? The problem here is copying a file from one subdirectory to another without deleting it from the source. ----- 2. Some time ago I foolishly copied a NDA that allowed me to change the background from Apple's blue to a number of somewhat interesting patterns. When I grew tired of this nonsense, I deleted the NDA in the fond expectations that its changes would disappear with it, no such luck. In the meantime I've converted from System disk 5.0.2 to 5.0.3 - including the finder - in the fond hope that this, now distasteful, pattern would disappear. No such luck. Can anyone tell me how to exorcise this unwanted devil from my environment? Joe Walters att!ihlpf!bird IH 2A-227 (708) 979-9527 -- Joe Walters att!ihlpf!bird IH 2A-227 (708) 979-9527
taob@pnet91.cts.com (Brian Tao) (11/25/90)
From bird@cbnewsd.att.com (j.l.walters): > I have to compelling finder questions: > > 1. How does one copy a file from: > /H1/D1/CRUD > to > /H1/DX/CRUD > > without deleting /H1/D1/CRUD? > > The problem here is copying a file from one subdirectory to > another without deleting it from the source. It would be nice if we could just option-drag the file and have it copied instead of moved. But for now, you'll have to Duplicate it (OA-D), move one of the copies into /H1/DX/ and rename CRUD2 back to CRUD. > 2. Some time ago I foolishly copied a NDA that allowed me to > change the background from Apple's blue to a number of somewhat > interesting patterns. When I grew tired of this nonsense, I > deleted the NDA in the fond expectations that its changes would > disappear with it, no such luck. In the meantime I've converted > from System disk 5.0.2 to 5.0.3 - including the finder - in the > fond hope that this, now distasteful, pattern would > disappear. No such luck. Can anyone tell me how to exorcise > this unwanted devil from my environment? The Finder stores the its own desktop pattern in the invisible file called Finder.Def. If you're in the Finder, make sure Show Invisible Files is checked in the Preferences. Then open up the root directory window of your boot partition and look for a file called Finder.Def. Trash this file. Restart the Finder (Quit Back to Launching Application from the Shut Down dialog usually works) and your desktop will be back to normal. Verify your Preference settings though; they will have been reset back to the default as well. \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ | Brian T. Tao | UUCP: torag!pnet91!taob | / \ | University of Toronto | INET: taob@pnet91.cts.com | \ The Apple II / | Scarberia, ON | taob@pro-micol.cts.com | / Lives On!! \ |:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::| \ / | "Computer guru? Someone who got their computer a | /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ | couple of weeks before you did." (Alvin Toffler) |