Tagged: Window
Desktop acts as though it is a file
Apple – Support – Discussions – Help with Desktop in Finder …. Interesting problem. I wonder how this got changed? jsd2 solves it. Path Finder is also known to cause problems, so I would delete it after you have used it to fix this problem.
It sounds like the Desktop folder‘s “bundle bit” may have become set, making it behave like a “package” instead of a folder.
You can try to fix it with Terminal, but the needed SetFile command normally requires a prior installation of Xcode Tools. Instead, I would try the following:
Download Path Finder, which has a 30-day free trial period. Navigate to the Desktop folder from within Path Finder, select it, then File Menu>Get Info. If the “Bundle bit” box is checked, uncheck it:
Losing Windows 7 Shares, and my hair.
Apple – Support – Discussions – Losing Windows 7 Shares, and my hair. …. He solves his own issue:
OK, I solved it. I found an answer at http://alan.lamielle.net/2009/09/03/windows-7-nonpaged-pool-srv-error-2017 that details a registry change that makes windows 7 act more like a server.
Set the following registry key to ’1′:
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\LargeSystemCache
and set the following registry key to ’3′:
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters\Size
SwiftRing for Mac Combines Gestures and Keyboard Shortcuts
SwiftRing for Mac Combines Gestures and Keyboard Shortcuts. I used to use an application like this on Windows 98 a long time ago. It was very cool. It really saved time and it was so fun to use. I always wondered why this technology wasn’t more popular before now.
