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Date:	Mon, 30 Jul 2001 13:32:42 PDT
From:	"J. R. Fox" <jr_fox@pacbell.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Phantom Desktops

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Peter Skye wrote:

> Well, I _tried_ backing up the files you specified. Wrote a little
> routine to XCOPY them. But every time I run it, it creates a _new_
> Desktop shadow in the parent directory from where I run the test. Very
> weird indeed. (I now have lots of Desktops!) I tried deleting them
> (they're just shadows, there aren't any files in the actual directory)
> but that just deleted my *real* Desktop. I had to restore that from a
> backup.
>
> Maybe this "UniMaint" stuff is a good idea after all . . .

Peter,

Larry Martin, the orig. developer of UniMaint, received a number of emails on
Compuserve (back when he hung out there, in the former incarnation of one of
their OS/2 forums) inquiring or complaining about the problem of "phantom" or
unintended duplicate desktops. This prompted him to create a Rexx .CMD file
for dealing with the problem, and posting a step-by-step on how to i.d. and
cure this malady with UniMaint. I have this somewhere, and can dig it out if
you need it.

Jordan

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