On Jan 14, 2009, at 4:09 PM, Gerald Uhlan wrote:

>
> On 1/14/09 6:54 PM, "Jim Emery" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Gerry,
>>
>> A couple of thoughts.  Have you tried booting into Safe mode to see  
>> if
>> you can rename files in the finder?  This would help determine if the
>> problem is related to third party extensions.  How about trying a
>> different user account?  This will help determine if the problem is
>> user specific.
>>
>> I found some details on the Apple discussion boards here that might
>> help:
>>
>> http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8770059
>>
>> Looks like Stuffit  AVR may be causing similar issues if you have it
>> installed.  Hope this helps.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>
> Ah-Ha!  It was Stuffit AVR that was the culprit!  I had no idea that
> preference was even there, let alone what it's supposed to do.
>
>
> However did you manage to find that thread on the apple discussion  
> boards?
> I searched and searched, but found nothing about the
> Finder/renaming/disappearing issue.
>
> Thanks!
>

I tried a couple different things but this is what finally got me to  
the Apple discussion:

mac tiger finder rename file trouble

The Apple discussion was the 7th result.  Glad that solved it.

Jim

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