Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!know!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!apple.com!rmh From: rmh@apple.com (Rick Holzgrafe) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Cleaning desktop file Message-ID: <9545@goofy.Apple.COM> Date: 2 Aug 90 20:47:45 GMT Sender: usenet@Apple.COM Organization: Apple Computer, Inc. Lines: 23 References:<14268@wpi.wpi.edu> In article jd231825@longs.lance.Colostate.Edu (Jeff Detweiler) writes: > I bet there's some way > you could use Resedit to copy out just the Get Info information from > the Desktop and later reinsert it once you've rebuilt the Desktop. > > Anyone ever done this? Yes. The resource type is 'FCMT'. Copy the entire type to a new file, rebuild the desktop, copy it back to the new desktop. *** WARNING *** WARNING *** DANGER WILL ROBINSON *** Apple DOES NOT RECOMMEND this procedure! I only say that I've gotten away with it a few times (and never *not* gotten away with it). Anyone trying this stunt without a full backup is begging for trouble. ========================================================================== Rick Holzgrafe | {sun,voder,nsc,mtxinu,dual}!apple!rmh Software Engineer | AppleLink HOLZGRAFE1 rmh@apple.com Apple Computer, Inc. | "All opinions expressed are mine, and do 20525 Mariani Ave. MS: 77-A | not necessarily represent those of my Cupertino, CA 95014 | employer, Apple Computer Inc."