gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu (Don Gillies) (05/25/91)
+-------------------------------------------------------+ |8-) System extension | | | | This file adds functionality to your | | Macintosh. To add this file's functionality | | to your Macintosh, place the file in the | | Extensions Folder and then restart the | | computer. | | /-------\ | | | OK | | | \-------/ | +-------------------------------------------------------+ What does this dialogue mean? It appears twice every time I boot my machine, and I can't figure out how to make it go away..... Don Gillies | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign --
folta@tove.cs.umd.edu (Wayne Folta) (05/25/91)
"+-------------------------------------------------------+ "|8-) System extension | "| | "| This file adds functionality to your | "| Macintosh. To add this file's functionality | "| to your Macintosh, place the file in the | "| Extensions Folder and then restart the | "| computer. | "| /-------\ | "| | OK | | "| \-------/ | "+-------------------------------------------------------+ "What does this dialogue mean? It appears twice every time "I boot my machine, and I can't figure out how to make it "go away..... Sounds like you placed some extensions in the Startup Items subfolder of the System Folder. Anything placed here is opened at startup. Attempting to open an extension produces the above dialog. Simply find the extensions in your Startup Items folder and move them to the Extensions folder. -- Wayne Folta (folta@cs.umd.edu 128.8.128.8)
johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu (05/25/91)
In article <1991May25.011041.30837@m.cs.uiuc.edu>, gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu (Don Gillies) writes... > >+-------------------------------------------------------+ >|8-) System extension | >| | >| This file adds functionality to your | >| Macintosh. To add this file's functionality | >| to your Macintosh, place the file in the | >| Extensions Folder and then restart the | >| computer. | >| /-------\ | >| | OK | | >| \-------/ | >+-------------------------------------------------------+ >What does this dialogue mean? It appears twice every time >I boot my machine, and I can't figure out how to make it >go away..... It means that you put a system extension (in this case 2 inits or aliases thereof) into the startup folder, rather than the extensions folder where they belong. Items placed in the startup folder (which replaces "Set Startup" from Finder < 7.0) are opened at startup. You'll get the same dialog if you click on an init in the Finder. Under 7.0, the System Folder is intelligent; all you need to do is drag the init to the System folder and it will be placed in the correct sub-Folder. Some 7.0-unaware extensions seem to get placed in the System Folder proper; others must be aliased back to the System Folder to work properly. But give it a chance to work before second-guessing! -- Bill (johnston@minnie.me.udel.edu)
glenn@gla-aux.uucp (Glenn Austin) (05/29/91)
In article <1991May25.011041.30837@m.cs.uiuc.edu>, gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu (Don Gillies) writes: > [Dialog deleted] > What does this dialogue mean? It appears twice every time > I boot my machine, and I can't figure out how to make it > go away..... Check your Startup Items folder. You've got some extensions (or aliases) placed in there. =============================================================================== | Glenn L. Austin | "Turn too soon, run out of room. | | Macintosh Wizard and | Turn too late, much better fate." | | Auto Racing Driver | -- Jim Russell Racing School Instructors | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Don't take me too seriously -- I never do! :-) | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Usenet: glenn@gla-aux.uucp or glenn%gla-aux.uucp@skinner.cs.uoregon.edu | ===============================================================================