I linked the HELP files to the FAVORITES list in the Browser. It simplifies matters immensely for me;-)
Henry Howey ________________________________________ From: Michael Cook [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 10:44 AM To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: [Finale] Problem with Help files on Mac, Finale 2008b I still can't get these [EMAIL PROTECTED] help files to work. I've re-installed 2008b, I've repaired disk permissions (as suggested by tech support), I've trashed the prefs again, I've trashed com.makemusic.Finale.plist... I still get the same error message: "Unable to launch URL: Internet Config Error Code -43". What should I try next? Michael On 29 Jun 2008, at 19:38, Michael Cook wrote: > Thanks Christopher. I have just tried trashing the prefs: no luck. > I'd already tried setting the folder manually, but that didn't > help. If I can't think of anything else I'll do a re-install later > today. > > On 29 Jun 2008, at 19:00, Christopher Smith wrote: >> >> On Jun 29, 2008, at 8:09 AM, Michael Cook wrote: >> >>> I just moved my second Finale installation from an iBook to a >>> PowerBook. The de-authorization and authorization worked fine and >>> Finale 2008b seems to be working normally, with one exception: I >>> can't access the help files. Each time I try, I get this message: >>> >>> "Unable to launch URL: Internet Config Error Code -43" >>> >>> As far as I know, Internet Config is an ancient utility that >>> belongs to OS 8 and 9 days and is no longer used in OSX. The help >>> files are installed, in the correct location. I know I can access >>> the help files by opening the Finale.htm file in the Help Files >>> folder, but I'd like to be able to access the files from the >>> application. Can anyboldy help? >> >> When this happened to me after tranferring computers, trashing the >> preferences fixed it. I hope it does the same for you. >> >> But before that, try opening Program Options (find it in the menu, >> or if Program Options disappears from the menu (a common problem) >> use the keyboard command, cmd-comma) and go to User Manual and try >> setting the folder manually. >> >> If not, the next step is reinstalling Finale on the new computer. >> This is what Tech Support recommended, but I was able to avoid it >> by just trashing prefs. I hadn't tried setting the folder >> manually, though. >> > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
