lost my RAM icon-solved!

messing around to get rid of RunInDOSBOX I somehow lost my Ram icon workbench ....how do I get it back

try this:

from your backup or install CD copy icon to location:
ENAVARC:Sys/def_RAM.info

@sailor

tried that but still no icon on WB?

I also get an AmigaDOS popup telling me to "insert volume System in any drive..Process:59 Background CLI"? at each bootup....I assign to my Sys folder and all fine...not sure if the ram icon missing is related to this popup BUT how do I go about fixing the AmigaDOS popup first then???

@328gts

If the RAM does not appear it is not a problem with def_RAM.info, otherwise it would have been replaced and you would probably also have gotten an error message of the failure to copy def_RAM.info, in the stratup-sequence there is a special command to copy def_RAM.info

The System volume required: this is probably due to some program you deleted that was pointing to this path.

Check in the User-startup or WBStartup, or in the Prefs/Env-Archive, that there is still no command pointing to the System volume

AMIGASYSTEM wrote:

"in the stratup-sequence there is a special command to copy def_RAM.info"
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can you please post this command from your startup-sequence here

thanks!

@328gts

I attach command, although this command is only to create the Disk.info in the RAM volume, this comado was also used on OS3.

To handle the def_RAM.info, it takes care of the "DefIcons"

Question: but do you have no Icon on the Workbench, or does it exist and is it a different icon?


Makelink RAM:Disk.info ENVARC:Sys/def_RAM.info SOFT

@AMIGASYSTEM

no icon at all on workbench

@328gts

Very strange for that to happen, can you attach your startup.sequence and your user-startup, so that we can examine it

@AMIGASYSTEM

here's my S-S:

; $VER: Startup-Sequence 53.12 (26.6.2017)
;CD C:
SetPatch QUIET WAITFORVALIDATE

FailAt 21

Version >NIL:
SetEnv Workbench $Workbench
SetEnv Kickstart $Kickstart
UnSet Workbench
UnSet Kickstart

MakeDir RAM:T RAM:Clipboards

Assign >NIL: T: RAM:T
Assign >NIL: CLIPS: RAM:Clipboards
Assign >NIL: KEYMAPS: DEVS:KeyMaps
Assign >NIL: PRINTERS: DEVS:Printers
Assign >NIL: REXX: S:ARexx
Assign >NIL: HELP: LOCALE:Help DEFER
Assign >NIL: AMISSL: DEVS:AmiSSL DEFER
Assign >NIL: GHOSTSCRIPT: SYS:Utilities/GhostScript DEFER
Assign >NIL: PYTHON: SYS:System/Python

LoadMonDrvs
AddDataTypes REFRESH QUIET
IPrefs

USBCtrl START
Mount QUIET DEVS:DOSDrivers/~(#?.info)

Path RAM: C: S:Shell S:ARexx PYTHON:Scripts SYS:Utilities SYS:Utilities/Commodities SYS:System SYS:Prefs

ConClip
SYS:System/RexxMast >NIL:

If EXISTS S:User-Startup
Execute S:User-Startup
EndIf
If EXISTS S:Network-Startup
Run >NIL: <NIL: *>NIL: Execute S:Network-Startup
EndIf

Makelink RAM:Disk.info ENVARC:Sys/def_RAM.info SOFT

Assign >nil: exists APPDIR:
if NOT WARN
Path ADD APPDIR:
endif

LoadWB

Run >NIL: *>NIL: SoundPlayer QUIET

EndCLI >NIL:

and my U-S:
;BEGIN MUI
if exists "AmigaOS:MUI"
assign MUI: "AmigaOS:MUI"
if exists MUI:Libs
assign add LIBS: MUI:Libs
endif
if exists MUI:Locale
assign add LOCALE: MUI:Locale
endif
version >nil: exec.library 39
if not warn
if exists MUI:Docs
if exists HELP:dummy ; do not remove
endif ; this entry!
assign add HELP: MUI:Docs
endif
endif
endif
;END MUI

assign tbimages: SYS:Prefs/Presets/tbimages

;below is where orignal file ends and 4.1update 6 stuff starts-Feb3-15
;BEGIN Hollywood
Assign Hollywood: DH1:Hollywood
Path Hollywood:System ADD
;END Hollywood

;BEGIN Designer
Assign Designer: DH1:Designer
;END Designer

;BEGIN Cygnix
assign Cygnix: "DH1:AmiCygnix"
execute Cygnix:s/Cygnix-Startup
;END Cygnix

Assign SketchBlock: DH1:Drawing_Programs/SketchBlock

;BEGIN FlipPaper
;run >NIL: DH1:Utilities-3rd-party/FlipPaper/Data/FlipPaper_Auto
;END FlipPaper

;BEGIN KeepAHI Open
;Run >NIL: KeepAHIOpen
;Run >NIL: c/KeepAHIOpen
;END KeepAHI Open

;BEGIN MUIbase
if exists "DH1:Database/MUIbase"
assign MUIbase: "DH1:Database/MUIbase" DEFER
endif
;END MUIbase

;BEGIN Lightave
assign toaster: "DH1:toaster"
; END Lightwave

;BEGIN ModePro
;Don't run ModePro from User-Startup
;END ModePro

;BEGIN Shared object installer
if EXISTS SObjs:so-installer
copy SObjs:so-installer SObjs: CLONE FORCE QUIET
delete SObjs:so-installer ALL FORCE QUIET
endif
;END Shared object installer

;BEGIN DUOS4
assign DUOS4: "DH1:DigitalUniverse"
;END DUOS4

;BEGIN 3DStars
assign 3DStars: "DH1:DigitalUniverse/3DStars"
;END 3DStars

;BEGIN Qt-4.7
assign Qt: "DH1:Utilities-3rd-party/Qt-4.7"
path Qt:bin ADD
assign sobjs: Qt:lib ADD
;END Qt-4.7

;BEGIN MUIRoyale
Assign MUIRoyale: "DH1:Hollywood/MUIRoyale"
;END MUIRoyale

; BEGIN FrexxEd
assign FrexxEd: "DH1:Text Editors/FrexxEd"
; END FrexxEd

; BEGIN GAMEDVD
Assign >NIL: USR: EXISTS
IF WARN
Assign USR: RAM:
ENDIF
Assign >NIL: ETC: EXISTS
IF WARN
Assign ETC: RAM:
ENDIF
; END GAMEDVD

;BEGIN JAmiga
assign JAmiga: DH1:Utilities-3rd-party/JAmiga
;END JAmiga
;BEGIN AmigaOS 4.1 SDK
assign SDK: DH1:SDK
execute SDK:S/sdk-startup
;END AmigaOS 4.1 SDK
;BEGIN GLGalore
Assign GLGalore: "DH1:Hollywood/Plugins/GLGalore"
;END GLGalore

;BEGIN Cloud
Assign SSLROOT: Devs:Cloud/.sslroot
Mount DBOX: from Devs:Cloud/cloud.mountlist
;END Cloud
;BEGIN MultiEdit
Assign MultiEdit: "SYS:Utilities/MultiEdit"
;END MultiEdit
;BEGIN MultiViewer
Assign MultiViewer: "SYS:Utilities/MultiViewer"
;END MultiViewer
;BEGIN PPaint
Assign PPaint: "DH1:Drawing_Programs/PPaint"
;END PPaint
;BEGIN xfdPatch
xfdPatch >NIL:
;END xfdPatch
;BEGIN MUI ASL- this garbage put that stupid file requester!
;if exists "AmigaOS:MUI"
; run <>nil: MUI:PatchASL
;endif
;END MUI ASL
;BEGIN MUI ASL
;if exists "AmigaOS:MUI"
; run <>nil: MUI:PatchASL
;endif
;END MUI ASL
Run >NIL: *>NIL: System:Prefs/Power QUIET

Startup-sequence and user-startup, have no problem, I even tried them on my OS4.1.

The problem may be in Prefs, or you have some corrupt or missing system files.

In Prefs, rename everything about the last installations that caused the problem

no problems other than RunInDOSBox turned all my text file icons to DOXBox icons so contacted Chris the developer and he told me how to fix that issue but now I lost my Ram icon...he didn't understand why either

Okay, probably def_RAM.info has also been converted to Project Icon.

Change the def_RAM.info from Progertto Icon to Disk icon.

You can do this from Dopus:

Double-click on "def_RAM-info"

- Right mouse button on icon
- Icon Type -> Disk

When this is done, the RAM icon should appear right away.

You can also do the same thing from Workbench

@AMIGASYSTEM

ok something strange is going on...when I double click def_ram.info it doesn't one up but instead my system start up jingle plays?

This doesn't happen say if I do the same to def_RAD.icon so what the heck is going on?

Also if I juts right click on def_ram.info a screen come sup BUT it's for Pref/Env-Archive/Sys only when it's supposed to be Prefs/Env-Archive/Sys/def_ram ???

UPDATE:

case closed! I don't know how or why or when but just a minute ago I noticed a dark shadow above my AmiDock above one of the other icons in the dock and BAM there was my Ram icon ..pretty sure it wasn't there before but who the heck knows and I'm just happy the mystery is solved!

Glad you solved it, anyway strangely only on OS 4.1, if you change the Def_RAM.info from Disk to Project, the RAM icon disappears, on OS3 and AROS this does not happen.

@328gts

Wait, what happen here? Was the icon under your AmiDock or was it within Amidock?