>> How would you know if the Preferences FOLDER itself got corrupted? >> What problems would you see to lead you to that conclusion???
> because I was told to drag the old preference folder out on the > desktop and leave it there and restart and to save time I moved the > newly created preferences into an old folder and replaced the new > folder with the old one - and then the same problem came back - no > matter what prefs I trashed. > because the numbers of prefs are considerably lesser in the newly > baked folder, so it was easier to move them than the others.... > and yes I tried also with the old prefs in a new folder without > replacing the folder and then sometimes it worked ! Hi Sounds like you are not taking into account the invisible files that are in the preferences folder. I have never had or heard of a 'folder' itself being corrupted. (Though the [invisible] directory data that keeps track of the files within a folder can go haywire. All the best Brian -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:pci-powermacs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:pci-powermacs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:pci-powermacs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
