On Friday, September 19, 2003, at 09:06 PM, David Elmo wrote:
I tried this: I started on HD 2. I installed 6 on this disk using the proper
PS installer. I restarted on HD 1 which does not have 6 (only 5). Now the
problem: files (at least ones made in 5) should surely open up in 5. The
startup disk only has 5 on it, its system folder and preferences etc are as
before. But not so. Double clicking on any PS file fires up 6. How the hell
...(As if there is a strange quantum effect going on ... it knows there is a
later app on another disk ... bit creepy!)?
I have this idea that the 7600 takes its instructions from the startup disk
and especially from the start-up disk's system folder, its preferences, and
in particular it looks at a file and asks itself what app "owns" it. Somehow
the instruction of what the creator code and file type info belong to gets
switched...
It does, but it doesn't take that information from the Preferences file, it gets that from the invisible Desktop database files, which stores information about apps on *all* your disks. (This is what gets regenerated when you rebuild the Desktop.)
There is a partial solution; generally the last-installed version of a program 'takes over' for the file type associated with the App. You can try reinstalling PS 5.
But the simplest solution is to make shortcuts to each version of the app on your desktop, and drag the files you want to work with to the appropriate alias. That will override the version preferred by the Desktop.
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