File associations in Panther

[Richard Gaskin]

Robert Brenstein wrote:

>>>> I sometimes have to stuff the standalone.  Then delete the 
>>>> original.  Then unstuff to get it all to work again.  On really bad 
>>>> cases, I file transfer the standalone to another mac and then bring 
>>>> it back.  This always does the trick.
>>>
>>> As I mentioned recently on the list, deleting the standalone and then 
>>> dragging it back out of the Trash does the same.
>>
>> Curious.  Is this a Finder bug?  Is it a known issue?
>
> It is a long-standing (as long as OS7 at least) issue, although I would 
> not call it a bug as such. The problem is to trigger Finder into 
> updating its desktop database for a program that is already cataloged.

As a developer "gotcha" I agree it should not be called a bug.  But are 
there any end-user actions that could be adversely affected by the 
Finder "characteristic"?

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