[X4U] My PowerBook Has A Mind Of Its Own!

[Paul Moortgat]

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Paul Moortgat

On 5-nov-04, at 16:43, Robert (Bob) P Andris wrote:

> My 17" 1.3GHz PowerBook, running 10.3.5 has suddenly developed a mind 
> of its own with respect to its two highest level windows.  I set all 
> of my classic icon style windows to "Icons", "32x32" Icon size, "10 pt 
> Text size", "Bottom" label position, "Snap to grid", and "White" 
> Background. By "classic icon style" I mean  the Finder windows WITHOUT 
> the "Toolbar".
>
> I do a normal shutdown and the later bootup.  When I open the main/or 
> highest level hard disk window - it comes up in the "Toolbar" style. 
> So does the next level "Applications" window.  All others, below that 
> are as I previously left them.
>
> Next I will reset those two windows to the non-Toolbar style.  Use the 
> machine for quite a while and the windows always remain as I had just 
> set them.  Shut'er down - repeat the bootup and those two are back in 
> the Toolbar style!
>
> Has anyone seen this?  More importantly, does anyone know what to do 
> to get it back to normal?
>
> Many Thanks,
>          Bob