Re: Rebuilding the Desktop File

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From: J. Collymore
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 1989 16:49

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In article <344@utscsd.oz>, gregw@utscsd.oz (gregw) writes:
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> Does anyone know of a utility, public domain or otherwise, that will
> rebuild the Desktop file without loosing the Get Info information.
> 
> I currently save a copy of the FCMT resource with ResEdit, rebuild the
> Desktop file with CMD and OPTION held down while rebooting, and
> finally paste back the saved resource.  This is not only time
> consuming, but also inefficient because comments from deleted files
> remain in the FCMT resource.
> 
> Any help will be much appreciated.
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> Greg Webb

Please send me information where I could obtain such a program, too!  Thanks.


						Jim Collymore

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From: jlc@atux01.UUCP (J. Collymore)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Rebuilding the Desktop File
Summary: Me, too
Keywords: Desktop File,Hard Disk Tuning
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Date: 20 Apr 89 16:49:51 GMT
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