Appleworks stops responding after initial startup

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Appleworks stops responding after initial startup

Having trouble running Appleworks 6.2.9 on Mac OS 10.3.9. When I start Appleworks it loads as normal and displays the starting points window. If I then click on any of the menus or the starting points window Appleworks stops responding and displays the coloured beach ball for a couple of minutes. After this it does carry the action out but continues to stop respondng each time you click or type anything.

I have tried removing the preferances files and re-installing Appleworks from the CD to no avail.

Help!

G5 uniprocessor Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Posted on Dec 7, 2005 11:17 AM

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Answer 1

Brie Fly

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Dec 7, 2005 6:02 PM in response to David Wilde

There is a subfolder in your AppleWorks folder, named "Recent Items". Delete the alias files contained in that subfolder and your AppleWorks should become more responsive again.

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David Wilde Author

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Dec 12, 2005 2:29 PM in response to Brie Fly

There is a subfolder in your AppleWorks folder, named
"Recent Items".

Many thanks for your reply. I haven't been able to find 'Recent items' yet, and am not quite sure what you mean by my AppleWorks folder. Should this be under 'Applications' on the HD? That's what I assumed, and it doesn't seem to be there. I've tried 'library', too, without success.
David W.

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Sagesse

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Dec 12, 2005 2:36 PM in response to David Wilde

You can use Finders "Find..." option from the File menu to locate either the AppleWorks folder or the Recent Items one.

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Peggy

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Dec 12, 2005 3:44 PM in response to David Wilde

Take a look at Dale Gillard's user tip, AppleWorks slow? Spinning ball appears?, which will explain more about the "Recent Items bug" including the locations of the Recent Items folders that AppleWorks 6 uses.

Peggy

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David Wilde Author

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Dec 13, 2005 8:51 AM in response to Peggy

Many thanks, the several people who sent helpful messages - the problem's solved!
David W.

Mac. Mac OS X (10.4.3)

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