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<blockquote data-quote="Brown Study" data-source="post: 316789" data-attributes="member: 3889"><p>Norton FileSaver is a turkey. I remember it causing problems. I stopped using it with some later version of OS 7 or an early OS 8, but I'm not sure whether I remember properly how to get rid of FileSaver's tags on all the files. But getting rid of the program should be enough.</p><p></p><p>See if the FileSaver program exists in the Norton Utilities folder. If it does, pull it out and compress it or do something else to break it (put it in the trash, but don't empty the trash) because it probably would still work even if it's not in its folder.</p><p></p><p>Check the extensions to see if there's one called FileSaver. If there is, disable it.</p><p></p><p>Run a search for FileSaver and yank anything it finds. If your version of Norton is old enough, it will have a search program called FastFind in the Norton folder. It's a good app, and sometimes finds stuff the Mac Search function doesn't. If you have it, run FastFind to also look for FileSaver, get rid of everything you found, then restart the machine (because FileSaver would still be running) and shut it down or restart it again to see if the problem is gone.</p><p></p><p>If it is, and you stored FileSaver in the trash to test the above, kiss it goodbye and empty the trash.</p><p></p><p>If the problem remains or you can't find any FileSaver stuff, disable all the Norton extensions in the Extensions folder and compress (if you can) all the Norton apps on the machine so you don't get a warning telling you any Norton app, particularly FileSaver, needs the extension/extensions to run.</p><p></p><p>If you don't have a partitioned drive or two drives, each with its own boot system that can check the other with Norton, there's not much point in having Norton on the machine at all, since you'd need the CD or floppies to run Disk Doctor and Speed Disk (FastFind might still work without Norton's extensions.)</p><p></p><p>If this is the case and you have the CD or floppies or can make backups of it all, including the extensions, nuke everything Norton, including its extensions. Run a search to make sure you find all of it, restart, then shut down or restart again.</p><p></p><p>Finally, if you have Norton Disk Doctor on a boot CD or floppy, run it once more. If not, use the Mac's First Aid.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brown Study, post: 316789, member: 3889"] Norton FileSaver is a turkey. I remember it causing problems. I stopped using it with some later version of OS 7 or an early OS 8, but I'm not sure whether I remember properly how to get rid of FileSaver's tags on all the files. But getting rid of the program should be enough. See if the FileSaver program exists in the Norton Utilities folder. If it does, pull it out and compress it or do something else to break it (put it in the trash, but don't empty the trash) because it probably would still work even if it's not in its folder. Check the extensions to see if there's one called FileSaver. If there is, disable it. Run a search for FileSaver and yank anything it finds. If your version of Norton is old enough, it will have a search program called FastFind in the Norton folder. It's a good app, and sometimes finds stuff the Mac Search function doesn't. If you have it, run FastFind to also look for FileSaver, get rid of everything you found, then restart the machine (because FileSaver would still be running) and shut it down or restart it again to see if the problem is gone. If it is, and you stored FileSaver in the trash to test the above, kiss it goodbye and empty the trash. If the problem remains or you can't find any FileSaver stuff, disable all the Norton extensions in the Extensions folder and compress (if you can) all the Norton apps on the machine so you don't get a warning telling you any Norton app, particularly FileSaver, needs the extension/extensions to run. If you don't have a partitioned drive or two drives, each with its own boot system that can check the other with Norton, there's not much point in having Norton on the machine at all, since you'd need the CD or floppies to run Disk Doctor and Speed Disk (FastFind might still work without Norton's extensions.) If this is the case and you have the CD or floppies or can make backups of it all, including the extensions, nuke everything Norton, including its extensions. Run a search to make sure you find all of it, restart, then shut down or restart again. Finally, if you have Norton Disk Doctor on a boot CD or floppy, run it once more. If not, use the Mac's First Aid. [/QUOTE]
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