Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!xylogics!bu.edu!husc6!husc4!wichers From: wichers@husc4.HARVARD.EDU (John Wichers) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Lost my applications! Message-ID: <2843@husc6.harvard.edu> Date: 7 May 90 22:29:30 GMT References: <2210@zipeecs.umich.edu> Sender: news@husc6.harvard.edu Reply-To: wichers@husc4.UUCP (John Wichers) Organization: Harvard University Science Center Cambridge, MA Lines: 19 In article hf07+@andrew.cmu.edu (Howard Haruo Fukuda) writes: >If you install Desktop Manager then you should reboot and then rebuild >the desktop by holding down the command and option keys before the >finder's menu bar appears. Ok, but what I still would like to know is: what does the Desktop Manager *do*? Other than create two more desktop files, that is. Does is speed up the desktop? Does it automatically compress the desktop at system startup? Maybe this sounds like a stupid question, but I want to know what it is doing before I spend the time making sure it doesn't screw up the rest of my inits... --jjw __ Hail to the sungod. || John Wichers || wichers@husc4.harvard.edu He sure is a fun god. || 121 Museum St #2, Somerville Ma. 02143 Ra! Ra! Ra! || Anarchy - It's not a law, it's just a good idea. || Jesus saves sinners ... and redeems them for valuable cash prizes!!! ||