Known Incompatibilities

I've tested FreshStart as heavily as I could before releasing it. In general, there are few INITs and fewer applications that cause problems. Applications which have tail patches on certain traps will, however, cause FreshStart to fail in some way, possibly crashing your machine. MPW 3.0 is a fine example of this; I'm working on the problem. (Believe it! MPW is my development tool.) And, for your own sake, don't create a redirection for MPW 2.0.2.

NOTE - For you adventurous kinds, there is a patch you can make which may or may not solve the problem with MPW 3.0. I certainly don't recommend that you do this patch. I can't be responsible for the possible problems that arise from using this patch. The patch is to change offset $1FD8 in code segment 1 from $A247 to $4E71. This patch only applies to MPW 3.0

WARNING! I have had a report that this patch caused problems with C and Projector. I have not at this point been able to test this out. Proceed at your own risk!

Radius accellerator boards are not currently compatable with FreshStart. This will be fixed in a future release.

QuickTimer 1.0 will cause system crashes in some unique situations under FreshStart, if it is moved from the System Folder. Generally, these situations can be avoided if QuickTimer is the last INIT to execute, and the first application launched is in the System Folder. (Always true under MultiFinder, or in Finder with no startup applications). This is a bug in QuickTimer 1.0, and I've reported it to CE Software.

Some configurations of SAM will conflict with FreshStart. I’m going to look into this.

SuperSpool works fine, as long as it remains in the System Folder. Because of this, SuperSpool won't be moved when the System Folder is cleaned up. So long as SuperSpool isn't renamed, it will come after FreshStart anyhow, and so you will be able to disable it from the Main Dialog. The problem is that SuperSpool re-opens it's file when the first application is launched, and assumes that the file is in the Poor Man's Search Path (PMSP). If the file has been moved out of the system folder, this will not be true. Paradoxically, if the code looked for the file in the system folder, the INIT could be moved properly.

The same applies to SuperLaserSpool.

The same applies to MultiClip.

CPSDeleteTracking can't be moved either, because it checks to see if the DELETE trap is patched, and won't launch if it is. Since FreshStart patches DELETE, CPSDeleteTracking must launch first. The check CPSDeleteTracking makes seems a little too rigid for my taste.

The version of last_boot I have (V1.0d2) has a bug in it which can cause problems at shutdown time; but it can be fixed by changing the word at offset $3A0 in the INIT resource from $2145 to $3145. If you are not comfortable with ResEdit, don't try this fix; have someone who is comfortable do it. If the word at $3A0 is not $2145, then do not use this fix; you have a different version of last_boot than I do. I cannot predict if that version will work.

Microsoft Word 3.0.2 works fine with FreshStart. Word 4.0 will run properly, but will not allow redirections to be created for the settings file.  The same holds for MicroSoft Excel 2.2. This is because Microsoft, in their infinite wisdom, doesn't use CODE resources. (I suppose they are too common). I'll work on this, but the problem IS NOT IN FRESHSTART. If Microsoft would just write code for the Macintosh, following Macintosh standards, there wouldn't be a problem.

NOTE to Microsoft - You aren't the only supplier of code for this machine! Why don't you join the rest of us in writing code that can work together?


Unknown Incompatibilities

There will, of course, be conflicts between FreshStart and other INITs, simply because of the amount of processing FreshStart is doing behind other INITs backs. If this happens to you, please send me information about the INITs that conflict with FreshStart, and I will do my best to fix the problems, if I can.

If you are writing an INIT that FreshStart is having troubles with, feel free to contact me so we can work together to fix the problems.