zark@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Steven M Kosloske) (06/06/91)
I'm having trouble with my system suitcase in System 7. Since the day I installed it, every time I try to drop something into it, or try to double-click on it to open it, I get a message saying the System is damaged? At first I thught it was a problem with System 7 not letting you open the System directly, but I've been told that I should be able to open it. Can someone suggest a fix? I'd appreciate any help. -- (Steve Kosloske) | "If God did not exist, it would ------------------------------------| be necessary to invent him." - Internet: zark@csd4.csd.uwm.edu | Voltaire UUCP: uunet!zark@csd4.csd.uwm.edu |
zark@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Steven M Kosloske) (06/07/91)
In article <12804@uwm.edu> zark@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Steven M Kosloske) writes: >I'm having trouble with my system suitcase in System 7. Since the day >I installed it, every time I try to drop something into it, or try to >double-click on it to open it, I get a message saying the System is >damaged? At first I thught it was a problem with System 7 not letting you >open the System directly, but I've been told that I should be able to open >it. Can someone suggest a fix? I'd appreciate any help. > To answer my own question, and to help others with the same problem: Thanks to all who sent suggestions on how to fix my problem. First, I used Resedit to remove ALL of the fonts that were not included with System 7. (There are 15 font families included) You have to remove the fonts from the FOND resource of the System file. Once all of the extra fonts are gone, save the file and exit Resedit. You hsould now be able to open the System suitcase. You then take all the fonts you removed from the System resource, and remove them from the window. You can just put them in another folder. After this, your System should open and close fine. You can add any of the fonts back into the System that you still need. I'm not sure why System 7 bombs when it adds the fonts itself. A bug maybe? Another small problem I am having now, though: Every time it draws out a dialog box in Finder, such as opening the About this Macintosh... from the Apple menu, it draws out the fonts VERY slowly. It was quicker before, I'm sure of it. Perhaps just a problem with my system, I'm learning more of System 7 as I play with it more. -- (Steve Kosloske) | "When the bottle's empty, the ------------------------------------| lecture's over. " - The agent for Internet: zark@csd4.csd.uwm.edu | gonzo journalist Hunter S. UUCP: uunet!zark@csd4.csd.uwm.edu | Thompson.