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Date:	Thu, 29 Jul 2004 05:31:53 PDT7
From:	"Harry Motin" <hmotin@sbcglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	< "scoug-help@scoug.com" > scoug-help@scoug.com >
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: UniMaint help needed

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On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 22:46:38 PDT7, Gary Granat wrote:

>IIRC, the recommended procedure is to make necessary repairs followed ASAP by a
>restart.

That's correct, a full system restart will also do the trick. Or, just as I use to do, wait until
the updates are written in to the OS2*.INI files.

> The reason for this is to ensure that your updates are written to the
>permanent INI files. I suspect that the reason that updates are written to the
>!!! files is because of a great likelihood of losing your updates if they are
>written directly to the INI files (i.e., the updates being overwritten from the
>!!! on the next restart).

OK! OS2 uses the OS2*!!! to temporarily hold all changes to the OS2.INI files. the OS2*.!!!
function like buffers. If your OS did not do that, but instead wrote to the OS2*.INI files,
these files would be under constant/continual write. They would quickly become
corrupted.

The OS2*.!!! files are supposed to disappear, when you close down the OS, unless you
have installed something like XWorkplace. The XWorkplace enhancement somehow
keeps the OS2*.!!! files after shutdown. At a minimum your system must ALWAYS turn off
the "read only" attribute on the OS2*.INI files during shutdown. If that does not happen,
then the system cannot re-create the OS2*.!!! files during bootup. Then, the system will
not have anything to temporarily hold the changes to your desktop and system.
Updates to the OS2*.INI will then NOT occur. You have the so-called "non-write"
OS2*.INI file situation.
HCM

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