bhatlas@pyrite.som.cwru.edu (Sunil Bhatla) (08/18/90)
Since a week ago, I have noticed that everytime I switch from one application or DA layer to another, or to the finder layer, the finder quits and relaunches immediately! All finder windows and icons vanish and then reappear in a couple of seconds as it relaunches. This behavior is systematic and easily replicated. I traced all recent init additions, increased the system heap size, but without any success. This happens even on removing ALL inits. What's going on? This is a Mac IIx, 6.0.4, 5 Mb RAM, running multifinder. Thanks! Sunil. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sunil Bhatla ||| INTERNET: bhatlas@pyrite.som.cwru.edu Case Western Reserve University ||| VOICE: 216/368-2061 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
hammen@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Robert Hammen) (08/22/90)
In article <1990Aug18.094323.13846@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> bhatlas@pyrite.som.cwru.edu (Sunil Bhatla) writes: > >Since a week ago, I have noticed that everytime I switch from one >application or DA layer to another, or to the finder layer, the finder >quits and relaunches immediately! Sounds like you may have an INIT conflict. Disable several of the "questionable" ones, restart, and see if the problem persists. You might want to up the Finder's memory allocation (click on the Finder, and Get Info to set the application's memory size). If neither of these options help, boot from a System Tools disk, trash your current System & Finder, and install "fresh" copies. You'd be amazed at the weird things that happen when the System file (or an application, for that matter) gets partially trashed... Robert ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// / Robert Hammen | Macintosh enthusiast & publishing guru, looking for a job / / hammen@ddsw1.mcs.com | 70701.2104@compuserve.com | GEnie: R.HAMMEN / /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
flach@kub.nl (Peter Flach) (08/22/90)
In article <1990Aug18.094323.13846@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> bhatlas@pyrite.som.cwru.edu (Sunil Bhatla) writes: > >Since a week ago, I have noticed that everytime I switch from one >application or DA layer to another, or to the finder layer, the finder >quits and relaunches immediately! Some time ago, we had similar problems. It turned out that our Macs were infected by the WDEF virus. Remedy: rebuild the Desktop (restart while pressing Command+Option). Hope this helps. --Peter