Re: Desktop & folder icons intitially appear slowly under OSR2

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From: Michael Salem
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 00:00

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high@cidity.level "pH" wrote:

> Really, you're better off to just delete it (as opposed to renaming it).  
> That way, you know Win isn't just using your renamed copy.

Yes, Windows has the habit of realising that you've changed the name 
of a file or directory and updating the registry to use it with the 
new name. This is useful if you want it, and saves a lot of people 
who rename things without realising what a rats' nest Windows is; but 
it rather spoils the usual technique of renaming things to make them 
invisible.

The way round this is to rename in a DOS window, using DOS tools
(the built-in REN command to rename a file, a public-domain program 
to rename a directory). Windows will not know about this.

Best wishes,
-- 
Michael Salem

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From: 4ms2u$ms@michaels.demon.co.uk (Michael Salem)
Subject: Re: Desktop & folder icons intitially appear slowly under OSR2
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