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From: dana@are.berkeley.edu (Dana E. Keil)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: More Get-Info, and the DeskTop
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Date: 27 Sep 90 16:16:32 GMT
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>>2. When I use DiskTop to find the DeskTop, it actually
>>   finds several copies. Where did they come from, and
>>   which is the real one? Should my information fields be
>>   embedded in the real one?
>
>You should only have one `Desktop' file, at the highest level of your
>disk.  Finding one in your System folder is a Bad Thing, and may mean
>that your computer is infected with the Scores virus.  (Use
>Disinfectant to check.) Finding one in another folder means something
>weird is going on.
>
Can someone clarify this a little more. I have "desktop" files hanging
around too which I have assumed come from TOPS and are (more or less?)
harmless. I have wondered, though, if they could, for example, become
infected by a virus or cause some other problems that I'd be better off
without. Disinfectant cruises right by them even when the main desktop
file is said to be infected. Any clarifications anyone?