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parsec_kadets · Jul 17, 2003, 06:26 PM

So I'm using my PowerBook today and I go to open System Preferences and nothing happens. Normally I click the Apple menu and launch it from there, but no go now. But if I launch it from the Applications folder like you would any other app it works fine. Any ideas on what's going on here?

Edit: I forgot to mention that I have both restarted and shut down the computer without any affect.

Colonel Panic · Jul 17, 2003, 07:38 PM

have you run panther dp1 on this machine? maybe from another partition or external drive?

Souljah · Jul 17, 2003, 08:38 PM

Same thing happened to me ,system prefs and network prefs from location do not launch from Jag apple menu right after I installed the panther preview on a 2nd drive...needless to say I removed it pronto!
Problem gone.

parsec_kadets · Jul 17, 2003, 08:45 PM

I am running Panther on another partition. My friends who do have Panther have also noticed this. That's pretty odd.

iFix Rene · Jul 21, 2003, 08:47 AM

its not odd at all...

the OS is programmed to always open the
latest version of a system installed app

and becoz Panther is connected to the Jag
it will open the latest versions

just click the syspref dock icon in Jag

for textedit and so, set TextEdit (Jag) as
preffered app, etc (Get Info)

ryju · Jul 21, 2003, 09:46 PM

you can open the Panther System Prefs app in Jaguar. I've done it...

But neither will launch from the Apple Menu for me. Unless I'm in Panther.

iFix Rene · Jul 22, 2003, 05:10 AM

yes that was exactly the problem and what
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