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- WORKPLACE SHELL PROBLEMS/WORKAROUNDS
- ------------------------------------
-
- The following problems are addressed in this fax document:
-
- BlankDesktop - Some customers have experienced a blank
- desktop containing only a mobile mouse
- pointer. If this cannot be resolved
- permanently with Alt-F1 the workaround
- in this Info APAR may apply
-
- DrivesIcon - Some customers are experiencing problems
- with DRIVES icons opening and then closing
- immediately.
-
- LostIcon - Customer has lost an icon for a workplace
- shell folder, such as the OS2 System Folder
- icon has defaulted to yellow folder.
-
- SaveIcons - Customers are having problems associating an
- icon with an object .
-
- Copying Large- Copying large folders from any type drive to any other
- Folders drive sometimes causes many subfolders to be created
-
-
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-
- BLANKDESKTOP
- ============
- If a customer experiences a blank desktop containing only a
- mobile mouse pointer he/she may have INI file or CONFIG.SYS
- corruption. One possible cause for this blank desktop
- problem that we've found are extra SET USER_INI and SET
- SYSTEM_INI statements in the CONFIG.SYS. The following
- statements are as they should appear:
-
- SET USER_INI=C: OS2 OS2.INI
- SET SYSTEM_INI=C: OS2 OS2SYS.INI
-
- If the customer has any additional SET USER_INI or SET
- SYSTEM_INI statements in their CONFIG.SYS, they should be
- removed. Also, a MAKEINI or Alt-F1 may be required to
- return the desktop to normal.
-
- DRIVESICON
- ==========
-
- Some customers are experiencing problems with DRIVES icons
- opening and then closing immediately. This seems to be a
- disk problem which can be cleared up with a CHKDSK on the
- offending disk. To do so:
- 1) Boot with the OS/2 install diskette.
- 2) Follow prompts and enter install disk 1 when prompted.
- 3) Follow the prompts, ESC to exit when prompted.
- 4) With install disk 2 in the A Drive run:
- CHKDSK /F (FAT)
- or
- CHKDSK /F:3 (HPFS)
-
- If this does not work, have the customer erase the hidden
- file WP_ROOT._SF (Fat) or WP ROOT. SF (HPFS).
- Of course, the file will have to be unhidden first.
-
- LOSTICON
- ========
-
- Customer has lost an icon for a workplace shell folder, such
- as the OS2 System Folder icon has defaulted to yellow
- folder-to recover:
-
- 1) Must have access to another OS/2 2.0 machine.
- 2) Copy the Extended Attributes from this other machine's
- OS/2 System folder to diskette with EAUTIL as follows:
-
- FAT -EAUTIL C: OS!2_2.0_d OS!2_SYS easave /P /S
- or
- HPFS-EAUTIL "C: OS!2 2.0 Desktop OS!2 SYSTEM" easave /P /S
-
- where C: is the actual drive on which the operating
- system resides
- 3) Take the diskette to the machine with the missing
- icon and copy the extended attributes in easave to the
- os2 system folder with eautil:
-
- FAT -EAUTIL C: OS!2_2.0_d OS!2_SYS easave /O /J
- or
- HPFS-EAUTIL "C: OS!2 2.0 Desktop OS!2 SYSTEM" easave /O /J
-
- where it doesn't matter if the machines are mix and match
- Fat and HPFS, just use the right directory names for the
- file system you are copying to or from at the time. After
- a shutdown and reboot the correct icon should appear, and
- the customer will not have lost any customization.
-
- SAVEICONS
- =========
-
- For Customers having problems associating an icon with an
- object this method seems to work:
-
- 1) Open a settings notebook for the object.
- 2) Select the General Page and push the FIND pushbutton.
- 3) Select the LOCATE pushbutton
- 4) Select the PATH tab
- 5) In the Location field, enter the path in which the icon
- physically resides: C: MYICONS (or whatever)
- 6) Press the OK pushbutton
- 7) Change the Name field to the filename of your icon:
- MYICON.ICO (or whatever)
- 8) Make sure that ICON is hilighted in your Types box
- 9) Check "search just this folder"
- 10)Press the Find pushbutton
- 11)Your icon should now appear selected on the screen-
- Press OK
-
- That should do it! Your icon should now "stick".
-
- PROBLEM WITH COPYING LARGE FOLDERS
- ==================================
- Copying large folders from any type drive to any other type
- drive sometimes causes many subfolders to be created, each with
- the entire directory structure of what is being copied. In
- essence, this operation will fill a partition with garbage.
- Problem seems to be more easily recreatable when source and
- destination partitions have different file systems (i.e.,
- copying from hpfs to fat). This problem occurs whether using
- context menu to copy or dragging and dropping.
-
-
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- Thank you for calling the OS/2 2.0 Support Line. Regarding the problem
- reported to the Support Line, we feel that this information may assist
- you in resoloving your problem. If you still require assistance, please
- call 1-800-237-5511, and reference your customer number and problem (PMR)
- number. Your Problem Record Number (PMR) should appear on the cover
- page of this faxed document.