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- From: jpugh@apple.com (Jon Pugh)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
- Subject: Re: Drag & Drop on an alias? What's missing?
- Message-ID: <jpugh-301292191717@kip2-31.apple.com>
- Date: 31 Dec 92 03:20:04 GMT
- References: <HARDIN.92Dec15221431@dino.mcc.com>,<jpugh-191292124255@kip2-42.apple.com> <1992Dec21.180015.16490@alw.nih.gov> <1992Dec22.173530.10159@netcom.com>
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- Organization: Apple Computer, Inc.
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- In article <1992Dec22.173530.10159@netcom.com>, wdh@netcom.com (Bill
- Hofmann) wrote:
- >
- > fixer@faxcsl.dcrt.nih.gov (Chris Feelin' Groovy Tate) writes:
- > >Creating a new alias for the app seems to clear up the problem. Rebuilding the
- > >desktop may have some effect, too, though don't quote me on that. :-)
- > The effect I've noticed is that rebuilding the desktop destroys the drag-
- > and-drop ability. Since I move my HD between machines, I can't really put]
- > things on the desktop in useful places, so I have a "Desk" folder, and when
- > I have to rebuild, I have to find all the alias owners and rebuild each
- > app alias.
-
- I have aliases galore on my desktop and I rebuild my desktop regularly. I
- have found the simple trick is to keep aliases on the same volume as the
- original if you want drag and drop to work. This works for me just fine,
- even after rebuilding.
-
- Jon
-