Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!ucsd!usc!apple!dlyons
From: dlyons@Apple.COM (David Lyons)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Desktop Application Icons
Message-ID: <36477@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 14 Nov 89 20:42:11 GMT
References: <2503.cortland.info-apple@pro-houston> <5159@internal.Apple.COM> <3412@hydra.gatech.EDU>
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In article <3412@hydra.gatech.EDU> ccastbs@prism.gatech.EDU (Shannon Bell) writes:
>Recently, I bought Copy II+ 8.something, and I noticed that under GS/OS,
>the icon for Util.System is placed in the lower left corner of the 
>desktop, like a Macintosh does. How does the finder decide that it should
>do this, and is there an easy way to have it do this with other applications?

Yes, you can do it yourself:  make sure your disk is not write protected, and
that you have chosen "save Finder information to disk" in Preferences in the
Finder (it's probably on already unless you turned it off on purpose).

Then open the disk, drag the icon where ever you want on the desktop, and
close the disk's window.  Whenever you insert that disk in the Finder, the
icon will appear on the desktop.

(FYI, the Finder uses files called Finder.Data, Finder.Def, and Finder.Root
to remember how you have arranged things on your disks.  These files don't
normally show up while you're in the Finder.  They're also "invisible", so
they *may* not show up in other programs, either.)
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