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Re: repairing alias in MM

Sounds like the creation date problem. You imaged your computers and now the
creation date of the hard drive on each machine is the same. This screws up
MM. You need to run a program called ChangeCreate on each machine to fix the
problem.

http://homepage.mac.com/johnd/
(thanks John)

Mark Bantle




On 3/9/04 10:01 PM, "email@hidden"
<email@hidden> wrote:

> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 22:33:47 -0500
> Subject: repairing alias in MM
> From: Robert Barr <email@hidden>
> To: mm listserv <email@hidden>
>
> Hi,
> Setup is MM and osX 10.1 running a G4 and all imacs with 9.2.2. Problem is
> that one of the users after logging in cannot access the chooser under the
> Apple menu in order to choose a printer or a shared computer. The chooser
> alias is listed as chooser, but the icon is appleworks, and when she clicks
> on the word "chooser" appleworks launches. Dropping down to system,
> everthing works as it should. The problem follows her no matter what
> machine she is on, so I figure it is something that the server has screwed
> up.
>
> Resolution attempts: Logged in under her name, went to users on desktop,
> opened her folder found applemenu items, but could not change anything
> since i have (or she has) only read privs.
>
> Went to server, logged in as root, found her folder, found the applemenu
> items and there was the chooser alias with the appleworks Icon. trashed it,
> but could not make a new alias since the Server does not have a "chooser"
> in OSX. Tried copying an alias from another students applemenu items, but
> upon logging in at a client and clicking on Chooser I get "original item
> could not be found".
>
> Any ideas as to how I can get an alias for the chooser in this girl's
> applemenu items. Is there something in MM that I have to do to give this
> girl permission to change her applemenu items ?
>
> Thanks...
>
> *****************************
> Robert W. Barr
> Computer/Math Teacher
> St. Michael School
> 3431 St. Michael Blvd.
> Canton Oh 44718
> smscanton.org
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