Re: Need help w/BootX icon

In article <100520081145257003%its@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Bleuler <its@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
wrote:

> First I guess I need to know where to post this problem. Re 17" G4
> Powerbook running 10.4.11. There is a "BootX" icon on the desktop, no
> idea how or when it got there. I can't unlock it and can't trash it -
> would like to be rid of it. 

This is an appropriate place to ask this question, IMO.

The BootX file normally lives in /System/Library/CoreServices/. It's 
possible you installed and ran some software that allows you to change 
the Apple logo you see during boot to something else. If so, this 
software may have made a copy of the BootX file and placed it on your 
desktop as a backup. Or, perhaps you are running as administrator (bad 
idea) and you moved the BootX file out of /System/Library/CoreServices/ 
to your desktop by accident.

If I were you, I'd verify that you have a BootX file in 
/System/Library/CoreServices/.

If so, then that means you have another on your desktop, which may 
indicate the one in your /System/Library/CoreServices/ folder has been 
modified. If so, you may want to hang onto the one on the desktop in 
case it's the original version and you may need it later.

You can compared two files to see if they are different using the 'md5' 
command in a terminal window. Here's the syntax:

     md5 /path/to/file

TIP: You can quickly get the path to a given file in a terminal window 
by dragging the file in question and dropping it onto the terminal 
window.

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