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Re: Are Desktop files a good idea?

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From: Steven Martin
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1988 01:18
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In article <4914@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> jac@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Jim Clausing) writes:
>The only problem that still remains is the trash can.  It still remains
>hidden on the desktop.  I would like to be able to throw things away
>from the finder while in MultiFinder, but every so often I find an
>unfriendly application whose window cannot be shrunk or moved out of
>the way and it ends up hiding the trash can. 


My solution is to "open" the trash can.  You then can resize its
window and move it to the lower right corner (or anywhere else).
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From: martin@home.csc.ti.com (Steven Martin)
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Subject: Re: Are Desktop files a good idea?
Summary: Can't see trash, open it.
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Date: 22 Jan 88 01:18:01 GMT
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