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  • Re: lost ability to drag icons

    From Sandman@mr@sandman.net to comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.misc on Thursday, July 03, 2003 13:33:02
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    In article <auctionbuyer-00ADD3.18360527062003@newstest2.earthlink.net>,
    Big Spender <auctionbuyer@earthlink.net> wrote:

    I lost the ability to drag file icons. Menus function, and windows are dragable. Yet while file and folder icons "select", they won't move.

    A new .dmg seems to have created the problem on my PowerBook 667 running OSX. When I tried to view the file contents (after the disk was "installed"), Finder crashed. Repeated attempts caused more programs
    to crash. The last time, every GUI program, from iCal to Netscape died.

    I logged out, and when I came back, I couldn't drag icons. That seemed
    to be the only malfunction. I tried resetting some system preferences
    for the mouse, as well as another log-out.

    Finally, I rebooted. That fixed the problem, yet I wonder what
    happened. Does anyone have an idea how I might repair the problem
    without rebooting?

    All theories are welcome.

    Download a utiliy called Dragster from http://www.ifthensoft.com

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  • From Fetch, Rover, Fetch@Fun_Fur@KaNine_University.edu to comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.misc on Thursday, July 03, 2003 19:55:47
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    the Dock and the desktop are mated -
    if the dock does not function, dragging or in any other way manipulating desktop icons fails.

    I know - I tried to disable the dock....

    Sandman wrote:
    In article <auctionbuyer-00ADD3.18360527062003@newstest2.earthlink.net>,
    Big Spender <auctionbuyer@earthlink.net> wrote:


    I lost the ability to drag file icons. Menus function, and windows are >>dragable. Yet while file and folder icons "select", they won't move.

    A new .dmg seems to have created the problem on my PowerBook 667 running >>OSX. When I tried to view the file contents (after the disk was >>"installed"), Finder crashed. Repeated attempts caused more programs
    to crash. The last time, every GUI program, from iCal to Netscape died.

    I logged out, and when I came back, I couldn't drag icons. That seemed
    to be the only malfunction. I tried resetting some system preferences
    for the mouse, as well as another log-out.

    Finally, I rebooted. That fixed the problem, yet I wonder what
    happened. Does anyone have an idea how I might repair the problem
    without rebooting?

    All theories are welcome.


    Download a utiliy called Dragster from http://www.ifthensoft.com


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