Self-rearranging icons under A/UX 2.0 finder. Help!

[Michael G. Lohmeyer]

In article <1990Sep26.145057.5245 at tsa.co.uk> domo at tsa.co.uk (Dominic Dunlop) writes:
>I like to keep my folder contents tidy: some filled with neatly-arranged
>small icons, some listed by name, and so on.  But for some reason, the
>A/UX finder insists on jumbling things up -- sometimes as I watch.
>Putting things into the trash is a good way to make the source folder
>get munged, but it happens sooner or later anyway.  HOW CAN I NAIL THOSE
>DAMNED ICONS DOWN?  (Sorry: can't RTFM, as FM's (where F stands for
>Full set of) have yet to be delivered.)

     I, as I am sure most, have encountered this.  One way to keep your
icons "nailed down" is to first create your own personal system folder.  
Then, always make sure that when you log out, use the LOGOUT option in the
SPECIAL menu in Multifinder.  Don't use the <CONTROL><COMMAND><E> key 
sequence to log off because the system will jumble up everything for you
again.  Also, it seems that the same thing happens if you have to reboot
without first loging out as I stated above, and etc.  In otherwords, you
can set up all your icons the way you like it, and as long as you always
log out from Multifinder as I said above, they should stay where you left
them.  The problem, of course, is the first time you crash your Mac, you
loose all that customization again.  

     I really like my A/UX system, but this one little detail has got to
be one of the *most* annoying things I can think of about A/UX.  I wish
Apple would do something about it.  Of course, if there is something else
I can do to keep my icons where I left them that I don't know about, please
let me know.  What I stated above is what I learned when I called the Apple
help line and then playyed around a little.

Mike
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