I'd try rebuilding the desktop file. I think that you have to press the Option
key while the Mac is booting until the Finder asks for confirmation for
rebuilding the desktop, but I can't say it for sure...

Greetings,

Antonio Rodr�guez (Grijan)

Melvyn & Edith Halbert ha escrito:

> In List mode, the Finder normally shows the name of the program that
> created the file under the column heading "Kind".  Several months ago every
> file created by BBEdit Lite 3.5.1 began showing its Kind as "Probs w/junk
> email", which happens to be the name of a BBEdit Lite file I created at
> about that time.  Files created with other applications do show up with
> their proper "Kind" description.
>
> I'd rather have the Kind column in the Finder list show "BBEdit Lite" for
> such files, as it used to.  I have reinstalled BBEdit Lite, replaced its
> Preferences file, and replaced the Finder Preferences file, all to no
> avail.  The File Type and Creator entries in these files are the correct
> ones for BBEdit Lite, namely TEXT and R*ch.  I have searched the Finder,
> the BBEdit Lite application and their Preferences files looking for that
> phrase, but didn't find it.
>
> Does anyone know how to fix this?
>
> Where does the Finder get the text string it inserts into the "Kind" column?
>
> [Running Mac OS 7.6.1 on a Performa 6115CD (with 300 MHz Newer Tech Maxpowr
> G3 accelerator card)]
>
> Melvyn Halbert


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