Why does Browser display question marks for some documents?
Browser uses the question-mark icon for documents for which it doesn’t recognize the file type and creator. Furthermore, Browser isn’t good about remembering type and creator information. Here’s how Browser works: when Browser starts, it examines each application that is either on the hot-band or is in a folder that is open on Browser’s desktop. Then, as it is drawing the icons for documents, it only uses icons for those applications that it saw upon startup. So, if the application that creates a document isn’t either on the hot-band or in an open folder, browser will present a question-mark icon. A real Mac remembers any icons that it has ever seen (until you rebuild the desktop). If you have the application that corresponds to the document that has a question mark, you can get rid of the question mark by dragging the application onto the hot-band and then quitting Executor and restarting (or by running an application and then quitting the application). When Browser restarts it will s
