Icons hidden on Mac Classic?

[Dylan Malama]

I have a Mac Classic, that I have always had System 6.0.8 installed on, but
unfortunately when I started it back up today after several months of not
using it, all the icons and files and folders and everything are hidden,
but trash and hard disk. Even the floppies that I put in, the icons are
hidden.
But, the weird part, I can search anything and it will come up and work as
normal.
When I restart the computer, all of the icons I dug up by searching them
are all gone.

Could you guys help me make sense of this? I have no clue where to start. I
have searched everywhere.

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Re: Icons hidden on Mac Classic?

[Antonio Rodríguez]

You may have a corrupt desktop database. The desktop database is a 
special file (akin to Window's System Registry) where MacOS stores file 
associations, application and document icons, windows positions and view 
options, etc. If it gets corrupted, the first symptom is wrong and/or 
missing icons.


To rebuild it, press and hold Command and Option when extensions are 
about to end loading, just before the desktop shows. It will show you a 
confirmation dialog. Press OK and grab a coffee. If you have a large 
hard drive full of applications, it will take a while to complete (it 
basically looks for every single application and registers it in the 
desktop database). When it finishes, the desktop will be shown.


Take into account that this is mildly destructive. It will return any 
desktop icon (but the hard drive and the trash) to its original location 
(same as Edit->Put Away in the Finder), and it will forget your windows 
positions and view styles, but it will repair your missing icons. I'd 
wait a few hours and see if anybody smarter than me comes with a better 
(and less drastic) proposal before rebuilding the desktop.


Sincerely,

Antonio Rodríguez (Grijan)

El 10/10/2017 a las 5:05, Dylan Malama escribió:
I have a Mac Classic, that I have always had System 6.0.8 installed 
on, but unfortunately when I started it back up today after several 
months of not using it, all the icons and files and folders and 
everything are hidden, but trash and hard disk. Even the floppies that 
I put in, the icons are hidden.
But, the weird part, I can search anything and it will come up and 
work as normal.
When I restart the computer, all of the icons I dug up by searching 
them are all gone.


Could you guys help me make sense of this? I have no clue where to 
start. I have searched everywhere.

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Re: Icons hidden on Mac Classic?

[Aoresteen]

Grijan is right, I'd re-build the desktop first.

How is the date?  Did you check the PRAM battery?

Tony



On Monday, October 9, 2017 at 11:05:40 PM UTC-4, Appleiifreak wrote:
>
> I have a Mac Classic, that I have always had System 6.0.8 installed on, 
> but unfortunately when I started it back up today after several months of 
> not using it, all the icons and files and folders and everything are 
> hidden, but trash and hard disk. Even the floppies that I put in, the icons 
> are hidden. 
> But, the weird part, I can search anything and it will come up and work as 
> normal. 
> When I restart the computer, all of the icons I dug up by searching them 
> are all gone. 
>
> Could you guys help me make sense of this? I have no clue where to start. 
> I have searched everywhere. 
>

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