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vita@daredevil.crd.ge.com writes:

>About a week ago I posted a message with several questions about the
>Desktop Manager INIT.  Below are each of the questions, followed by a
>summary of the responses I received:
[...many deleted...]

>A couple other miscellaneous tips:

>- The DM is available from either the AppleShare server distribution,
>  or from the Oscar distribution on apple.com (in the file
>  /pub/dts/mac/hacks/Oscar.hqx)

>- After installing the DM and rebuilding the desktop, don't forget to
>  erase the old Desktop file (using ResEdit or MacTools) to free up some
>  disk space.

>- Note that if you boot off of a volume without the DM installed (or
>  fail to load the DM when rebooting), you'll get an old-fashioned
>  Desktop file built on your disk.  (Not really a problem, just reboot
>  with the DM and zap the Desktop file.)

>Mark Vita                              vita@crd.ge.com


Rather than DELETE the orginal Desktop file, just copy a tiny one to
the hard disk (e.g., from a recently formatted floppy).  By doing
this, if you must boot off a floppy (w/o DM), you won't have to wait
several minutes for the Desktop file to be recreated.

Of course, your documents won't know their applications, but you're
probably doing some optimization or recovery anyway.  To let the
Desktop file know about an application, just show the application --
go through the folders to make the application visible then close the
window.  You will probably have to close - then reopen - the window
with the documents before the Finder will relabel the doc's creator.

As a side note, I've been using DM for years w/the Finder patch (to
unmount volumes) on a 60Mb drive, Mac+.  Desktop file updates are
approximately an order of magnitude faster (1-2 secs rather than 10-15
secs).  Hopefully System 7 will work so well...

BTW, anybody want to buy aformentioned 60Mb Seagate (CMS) drive?  I've
got a Mac at work and hardly ever use my home Mac anymore.  It's about
2 yrs old, normal use the first year, little in the second.  I'll ship
(pay) in original packaging with at least 10Mb of high-quality (from
VHS Hi-Fi) digitized sounds (Star Wars [Darth is cool], Aliens, Top
Gun, Terminator, and misc. cartoons).  $550 or best offer, no hate-mail.
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Natnl Inst of Stds & Tech.	 Removes the color from our sight,	
chris@sunset.ncsl.nist.gov	 Red is Grey; Yellow [is] white,
				 But we decide which is right,
				 And which is an illusion."
						- Days of Future Past