To suppress custom icons on CD-ROMs, floppy disks and networked disks install this extension.
This tends to speed up the Finder by a factor of about a zillion.
To temporarily show the custom icons, hold down the Command () key when opening a folder.
Caveats
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Works “as is” with Apple’s CD-ROM driver, floppies and networked disks.
To let it work with non-Apple’s CD-ROM drivers (or other drivers), modify the resource 'STR#' with ID=128 to include your driver name.
Q.: HELP! What’s my driver name? I couldn’t find it on my passport!
A. #1: open the control panel or extension containing the driver with ResEdit, open the 'DRVR' resource type, get info, copy the driver name into the 'STR#' 128 in CDIconKiller.
A. #2: (for Power Users) drop into Macsbug, type 'drvr', select the right driver, go to ResEdit as before.
Works under System 6 :-)
Warning: This program was (originally) written in 4 hours.
Quinn <quinn@cs.uwa.edu.au>
Peter N Lewis <peter.lewis@info.curtin.edu.au>
Fabrizio Oddone <gspnx@di.unito.it>
Version History
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1.3.1: was considering only the first string in the STR# resource: fixed.
1.3: should be async-calls compatible; you may specify more than one driver (currently considers the first fifteen strings in the resource; enough?).
1.2: now always loads the patch at startup: can load before your CD driver, works with LoadADrive by Dieter Spaar <spaar@mirider.abg.sub.org>.
1.1.1: added the 'sysz' resource, the key shortcut, fixed the misaligned icon at startup (suggested by Masatsugu Nagata), better TrapAvailable (written by Stefan Kurth).
1.1: bug fixes, CD driver string in resource (suggested by Quinn), asm tweaks etc. by Fabrizio Oddone
1.0: 05:30 18 June 1994 Original Release by Quinn & Peter N Lewis
