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From: dvb@inmet.inmet.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Why so many desktop files?
Message-ID: <32300030@inmet>
Date: 26 Mar 90 22:05:00 GMT
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Nf-From: inmet.inmet.com!dvb    Mar 26 17:05:00 1990


Question:

What is the criteria for more than one desktop file?  I noticed about
10 of them in different folders--Some had old modify dates, so I went
through, deleted all of them, rebuilt, and several came back.  

I always thought one at the top level was the rule, but this drive has
many.  (SE with a 60Mb CMS external) I thought maybe the size of the
drive demanded more desktop files, but I cannot figure it out.

Sure System 7 claims to rid us of those slow, monster desktop files,
but it still bothers me right now...

(And as an aside, I had a flawless installation of the 6.0.5 files
from apple.  Diskcopy worked, the disks worked, the files were ok.
Add my name to the success side.  It was a great way to do it.)

David V. Baker
Intermetrics, Inc.
dvb@inmet.inmet.com