Thanks for the quick response Matt Double clicking the alias used to work in Jaguar, which is what I¹m trying to achieve now in Tiger. I've used the exact same process in Tiger to create the alias but double clicking doesn¹t seem to work.
Am I missing something obvious? Steve On 27/5/05 1:24 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Steve, > > This may sound facetious, but have you tried double-clicking the > alias? I noted the same behaviour when using network aliases, but > found double clicking the supposedly broken link actually launched > the network share. > > Hope this helps, > > Matt. > > On 27/05/2005, at 1:16 PM, Stephen Jansen wrote: > > > >> >> Hi all >> >> I'm having difficulty getting easy access to my network shares >> since moving >> to Tiger. I used to be able to create an alias to a network share >> on my >> desktop, eject the network drive, and when the alias was executed >> the share >> would automatically be connected and a finder window opened. >> >> Now it still lets me create an alias, but clicking on it after >> ejecting the >> network drive only gives me an error message that the original item >> cannot >> be found. >> >> Has anyone found an easy way to get around this? I can still >> Control + K and >> add shares, but there must be a quicker way. Unfortunately I can't >> find any >> computers in the Network browser either. >> >> Cheers >> >> Steve >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro >> >> >> >> > > > --------------------------------- > Matt Huitson > School of Psychology > University of Western Australia > 35 Stirling Highway > Crawley, WA 6009 > Australia > Work +61 8 6488 3639 > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
