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Apple Power Macintosh 8200 User Manual

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To rebuild the desktop of a startup disk, follow these steps:

1

Open the Extensions Manager control panel by choosing Extensions Manager from the

Control Panels submenu of the Apple (

K

) menu.

2

From the Sets pop-up menu, choose Save Set.

3

In the Save Set dialog box, type a name for your set of selected extensions (for example,

“My Extensions”) and click OK. The name of your set is added to the Sets pop-up menu.

This saves your current set of extensions.

4

Choose All Off from the Sets pop-up menu to turn off all extensions.

5

Turn on Macintosh Easy Open by clicking it in the list (under Control Panels) so that a

checkmark appears beside it.

6

Restart your computer while holding down the Option and

x

keys.

Do not release the keys until you see a message asking whether you want to
rebuild the desktop.

7

Click OK.

The desktop is rebuilt.

IMPORTANT

Do not stop the desktop-rebuilding process. Doing so could cause

problems with your system software.

8

Open the Extensions Manager control panel by choosing Control Panels from the

Apple (

K

) menu. When the Control Panels window appears, double-click the Extensions

Manager icon.

9

From the Sets pop-up menu, choose the name you gave your set of extensions in step 1

of these instructions.

This restores your original set of extensions.

10

Restart your computer to activate the extensions.

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