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Re: Dock Lock



Well, my idea preserved the Dock between login's/reboots, but you can
still *poof* an icon for the session, which is only part of the solution
(you don't have to go fix it, but the user would have to logout/reboot).
Anyone else?

Thanks,
-Matt


On Sun, 28 Apr 2002, Matt wrote:

> Can't you make the Dock's plist read-only?  It's the plist that holds the
> relevant info., but that's just off the top of my head...
> Anyone?
>
> Thanks,
> -Matt
>
> On Sun, 28 Apr 2002 email@hidden wrote:
>
> > email@hidden
> >
> > Dock Lock?
> >
> > I have been helping a local library administer their first Mac system. They
> > are running OS X and, for the most part, it has been a good experience for
> > them. One of the few reoccurring problems they are having entails people
> > without the best of motor skills, mostly children, accidentally dragging
> > icons out of the Dock when they are simply trying to click on them.  Poof!
> > There it goes and I get called in for another 60 second fix.  Does anyone
> > know of a way to lock down the Dock that would prevent this?  I need to make
> > sure that everything stays in the Dock and that nothing is added either.
> > Thanks in advance.
> > --Stephen Bone
> > UM-Coral Gables
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> Matthew Kozak
> Rutgers University-Camden
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Matthew Kozak
Rutgers University-Camden
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