On 15/12/2005, at 10:43 AM, David Noel wrote:

I've got a problem in restarting on my 450 Mhz iMac running system 9.2.
Restarting is normal up to the stage where the Desktop and menu bar appear, with the Desktop showing devices and file icons correctly. However in the last month
or so, folders in use do not open, and the system appears frozen and
unresponsive. After waiting for about 2 minutes, however, in-use folders do
appear, and I can proceed.

Running Disk Warrior or rebuilding the Desktop File make no difference. Can
anyone throw any light on this? TIA.

David Noel
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To start with, try booting with extensions off (I think from memory hold down the shift key when booting). See if the same thing is happening. Also, chuck out the finder preferences as well. You might find its a corrupt finder preference.

Been a while since I have had to troubleshoot OS 9!

Seeya

Rod!