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Article #16784Re: Finder rebuilding of desktop.
From: chuq
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1987 16:36
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1987 16:36
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>I try out and throw out alot of public domain/shareware stuff on my hard >disk. Very often these programs have their own icons, so my desktop file >gets bloated up with unnecessary icons. My solution to this problem is to >periodicly rebuild the desktop from the finder by using the <cmd><opt> >Unfortuantely, this also erases all the data I might have put in the >get-info boxes. My question to Apple (and other net people) is: > Do you think the finder ought to be modified so that you can > purge icons from your desktop? Why make the Finder do Yet Another operation? I use DiskExpress, which does what you want quite well, without mucking around with what you want left alone. Why stuff another piece of code that is rarely used into a program people already complain about speed and complexity? If a good third party program is available, use it. chuq Chuq Von Rospach chuq@sun.COM Delphi: CHUQ Now, where did my ex-wife put my Fairy Dust?
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!decwrl!pyramid!oliveb!sun!plaid!chuq From: chuq@plaid.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Finder rebuilding of desktop. Message-ID: <21195@sun.uucp> Date: Tue, 16-Jun-87 12:36:51 EDT Article-I.D.: sun.21195 Posted: Tue Jun 16 12:36:51 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 18-Jun-87 02:25:51 EDT References: <1398@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> Sender: news@sun.uucp Reply-To: chuq@sun.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach) Organization: Fictional Reality, uLtd Lines: 22 Keywords: desktop, icons, get-info