On Friday, Nov 15, 2002, at 07:34PM, Dale Goodvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Please help; > >i've lost all of my settings in the dock: icons are back to original >appearance; added icons are missing; mail says I've never done "setup" before; >IE explorer settings are all gone, including selection for home page; my >address book which had many names is empty!! > >i made the mistake of going into root while Trish was logged in, using my >administrator name and password and changing some privileges for home folders. > this somehow screwed up my log-in. > >I have trashed the user/library/preferences LSA files, to no avail. > >is there ANY WAY to get my email, address book, IE explorer and god knows what >else BACK??? you probably don't have access to your ~/Library/ folder anymore. go back into root, and chown -R <your uid>.admin ~<your uid> ... or otherwise toggle whatever you twiddled -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
