> Scott, you are absolutely correct. I just did a test as you described, and > moved all 414 items in that folder to a folder called old_prefs on my > Desktop. My Finder locked up almost immediately; I force quit it, and when > it restarted, all my icons were default size (rather than the tiny size I > use). So, I knew that it was already seeing some prefs missing! <g> I logged > out and back in to a bare, default desktop, navigated to my Applications > > Office > Entourage, fired it up, and had shift hs! > > So, it's a question of one of those 414 items. I put them all back, and > don't have shift h again in Entourage, but using the "half-and-half" method > of replacement should narrow it down in a few hours. Now, to find those few > hours. ;-) > > I *will* let you all know which Preference it is that is causing this little > headache. :)
Well, don't go entirely haphazzard about it, there are some, based on name, that you more or less are going to know are not the culprit. Also, each time you put a new chunk back in, copy them all, paste them into a text file, as if you are doing these in chunks of 20, you will quickly forget which chunk of 20 you moved. Knowing the last state of the moved items is helpful. Yes, the Finder will lock up when you move them out the first time, but we are doing something here that is not entirely recommended. Start with putting everything back in that starts with "com.apple" and log out and back in, if the shift-h comes back, you know it an apple pref at least. In which case, move em all back out, and move in all the ones you now know are good. Then you can pick and chose the apple ones that sound suspicious. If you are quick about it, you should be able to narrow this down in at most, 10 logouts, maybe 30 minutes of your time. I am just sorry I did not suggest this up first time around a few weeks ago, I almost did, but felt it may not be the best road for someone who stated they were not that technically inclined. You seem to be doing just fine by the way :-) -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Scott Haneda Tel: 415.898.2602 <http://www.newgeo.com> Novato, CA U.S.A. -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
