[comp.sys.mac.system] Vanishing icons -- solved?

mjkobb@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Michael J Kobb) (06/07/91)

Greetings,

  A couple of weeks ago, I posted a plea for help both here and on America
Online, trying to figure out why my most frequently used apps' icons were
reverting to "generic" app icons.  Further examination revealed that all the
apps in question had aliases in the Apple Menu Items folder

  One of the "Blue Meanies" on AO suggested the following:  Older (beta)
versions of the Finder had a slightly different alias format, and this format,
if encountered by the release Finder, can confuse it.  He advised replacing
aliases created with beta versions of 7 with new ones, created with the
release system.  I did as he suggested, and at the next boot my icons were
back.  They're still here, too.

  So, if you're having the generic icon problem, check to make sure that you
don't have any old aliases lurking around!

Thanks all!
--Mike