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- From: jdsiegel@garnet.berkeley.edu (Joel Siegel)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
- Subject: Re: Care and feeding of Desktop file
- Date: 30 Dec 1992 07:13:22 GMT
- Organization: University of California, Berkeley
- Lines: 48
- Message-ID: <1hri6iINNhid@agate.berkeley.edu>
- References: <1992Dec30.022750.18190@cognos.com> <parkyn.725684816@sfu.ca>
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- Keywords: system 7.0.1 desktop file
-
- In article <parkyn.725684816@sfu.ca> parkyn@fraser.sfu.ca (Dale Parkyn) writes:
- >leighc@cognos.com (Leigh Chapman) writes:
- >
- >>Can I delete the (hidden) file Desktop, and expect that it will be rebuilt
- >>when I reboot my Mac?
- >
- >>I've evaluated several software packages for my workgroup, each of which
- >>leaves a little trail of used icons, and so on... Any suggestions on how
- >>to reduce the amount of space used by this file? Are there any other files
- >>that are growing as well?
- >
- >
- >Does not the recommended DeskTop rebuild procedure accomplish what
- >you have mentioned above? Hold down Option-Command keys will starting
- >computer. Keep them down until you are asked to verify that you want the
- >DeskTop rebuilt.
- >
- >Then take a look again using ResEdit to determine if those old resources
- >are gone - I think they will be.
-
-
- I think Leigh said he had _already_ rebuilt his desktop. I don't
- know why the icons are still there if that is the case. I have
- heard that the cmd-option trick doesn't always result in a proper
- desktop rebuild. Salient/5th Generation has a little goodie
- called Desktop Reset, an init ('scuse me, extension) that
- *deletes* the desktop file and its cousins at bootup if you hold
- down the cmd-option keys (note this is different from what the
- Apple system does). I renamed it to aDesktop Reset so this would
- happen at the beginning of bootup time, so I wouldn't have to wait
- for all the inits to load and to hit cmd-option at the right
- instant. Anyway, for each partition you mount you'll get a beep
- and a confirmation "OK/Cancel" dialog, and then another beep and
- alert when the desktop is successfully deleted. (It also deletes
- the desktop's cousins, Desktop DB and DF).
-
- I *think* Desktop Reset is PD. Try emailing fifthgen@aol.com to
- make sure. They should also know if it's archived somewhere.
-
- >Dale
- >parkyn@sfu.ca
- >
-
-
- --
- Joel Siegel <jdsiegel@garnet.berkeley.edu jdsiegel@ocf.berkeley.edu>
- "Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in
- affairs which properly concern them." - Paul Valery
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