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- From: schultp@wl.com (Paul Schultz)
- Subject: Re: Finder Extensions
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.051717.2723@wl.com>
- Organization: Warner Lambert / Parke-Davis
- References: <9301251619.AA12964@apple.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 05:17:17 GMT
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- In article <9301251619.AA12964@apple.com> FORDE@UV6.EGLIN.AF.MIL writes:
- >
- >
- >I have installed SYS 6.0 onto my ROMDisk (Ramkeeper) but put the Finder on
- >my harddisk and used Setstart to run it from there. It may seem like a
- >strange setup but I usually boot into ProDOS (since most of my time is
- >spent on Appleworks or ProTERM) and only run GS/OS when necessary. Having
- >my system setup this way gets me up and running most expeditiously and
- >preserves space on my ROMDisk for other things (like Timeout applications).
- > However, to get the Finder "Extras" to show up I had to move the folder
- >onto the harddrive and in the same directory as the Finder. If I left it
- >in my system.setup folder on the ROMDisk the "Extras" item never appeared.
- >
- Well, if I am reading you correctly here -- don't put the "FinderExtras"
- folder in System.setup folder. Put the CONTENTS of FinderExtras into
- System.setup folder.
-
- In order to access Finder Extensions from outside the Finder I believe
- one of the NDAs available for this purpose must be used. Anyone remember
- the names of these NDAs. (I think there are two that I've heard of).
-
- Paul Schultz
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