[X4U] Flashing desktop icons and menu bar

[Richard Smykla]

Brett,

Sounds like your finder prefs are corrupted. Access the drive from 
another account or when booted from another drive (or from OS 9 if 
that is an option) and delete the file 
"/Users/youracctname/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist". The 
Finder should recreate a fresh one when you reboot. This has cured 
the problem you've described for me on one occasion after a hinky OS 
update. Give it a try . . . can't hurt.

Rick


>flashing desktop icons.... meaning tyhey keep doing it over and over again
>or they do it occasionally, like the desktop is redrawing slowly.
>
>If the latter then this usually indicates that the Mac is running low on
>memory. A reboot can clear it up and checking that the startup drive isn't
>too full is also a good place to start.
>
>I'm guessing you've already sorted it out by now anyway.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Coj
>
>
>
>Bob Geiger <rbgeiger at optonline.net>
>
>
>My brother who has a Quicksilver with Tiger suddenly is plagued with
>his desktop icons and menu bar flashing on and off. Admittedly, he
>claims to have done some heavy file transfers and file deletion on
>the Quicksilver. Any thoughts on his problem and a solution. I opined
>that he should zap his pram which he is in the process of doing.
>

-- 
Rick Smykla
rsmykla at verizon.net