aidancaamano
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Q: Mac OS 9 Applications appear as "PC Documents"

On my iMac G3, and several other OS 9 computers, some applications simply appear as a "PC Document." The icon says "PC" in the IBM font. If I try to open it, it says that there is no application available. The same application appears properly as a classic application under OS X, but I want to fix this problem under OS 9. I'm trying to run the Mac OS 9 version of DOOM, but this problem keeps occurring. The file extension is not shown in the browser, but adding the ".app" extension doesn't work. This problem happens on every OS 9 computer that I own, which include, the iMac G3, the iBook G3 Clamshell, and the Power Mac G4 Cube. I cannot run certain applications, since they all think that they are "PC Documents." This happens with DOOM, Shufflepuck, Colony, and many others.

Mac OS 9.0.x, Mac OS 9.0.x, 9.1.x, and 9.2.x

Posted on May 20, 2016 6:18 PM

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Q: Mac OS 9 Applications appear as "PC Documents"

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  • by Niel,

    Niel Niel May 20, 2016 6:58 PM in response to aidancaamano
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    May 20, 2016 6:58 PM in response to aidancaamano

    Open the Script Editor, select those applications in the Finder, and run the following:

     

    tell application “Finder"

    set file type of selection to “APPL"

    end tell

     

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  • by aidancaamano,

    aidancaamano aidancaamano May 20, 2016 7:37 PM in response to Niel
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    May 20, 2016 7:37 PM in response to Niel

    I did that with "Ultimate Doom I," and now it has the generic application icon. When I click it, I get a dialog box saying "Could not find the application program "PC" to open the document named "Ultimate Doom I." To open the document, select an alternate program, with or without translation" I cannot figure out what this means. Perhaps it means that I need some other program/extension to handle the "PC Document?"