I think you'll find "The Volume Settings Folder" is not produced by OSX. It's a standard MacOS folder - try putting a DOS floppy into a Mac, (or formatting a floppy as a DOS disk) and then inserting it into a Windoze machine and you'll clearly see "Volume Settings Folder" - Windoze obviously won't react to MacOS visibility switches.
If your IE or whatever browser you're using doesn't have a specific folder set for downloads (as Tina recommends), this can happen. I sorted this problem for one of my customers 18mos-2yrs ago. Long before OSX mas floating around generally, in any of its incarnations. It seems to behave just like Desktop DB and DF files, inasmuch as the system constructs it on booting, if it's not there. ResEdit is certainly useful in cases like this; if I suspect that desktop files are actually corrupt, then rebuilding them (which is little more than updating them) does not always cure problems. In the absence of other utilities (e.g. TechTool) I use ResEdit to render them visible, drop them in the trash & restart. Brand new desktop files and not in the same place on the disk, either. After the restart, you can then empty the trash as the files are no longer flagged as "In Use" > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (G-List) > Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 15:45:50 EDT > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (G-List) > Subject: Re: HELP! -the volume settings folder - invisible folder. > > tina, thanks for offering your help. after i sent the email for help on the > board i did a google search on the web and i found a really good article about > thsi very problem. th eproblem actually is with having had Mac OS X installed > on my ibook and then later i tried to uninstall OS X. there are still some > files from OS X that are still there including the invisble file called "the > volume settings folder". in the article it describedhow to use ResEdit and > doing so you can unlock the invisible folder and make it visible. it worked. > its my guess that anyone who has installed OS X and then tried to remove the > OS X operating system could very well encounter this very same problem. > thanks, david m > > -- > G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | > -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! > <http://www.applelinks.com> > > -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
