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From: dweisman@umiami.ir.miami.edu (Ordinary Man)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Death to the Finder ?
Message-ID: <1991Apr20.000732.9148@umiami.ir.miami.edu>
Date: 20 Apr 91 04:07:32 GMT
References: <1954@camex.COM> <1955@camex.COM> <1956@camex.COM> <1957@camex.COM>
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In article <1957@camex.COM>, owen@sunfs3.Camex.COM (Owen Hartnett) writes:
>>Yes, the cmd-option-esc has been there for awhile (handy way for
>>non-Macsbug users to get out of runaway applications--seems to be just
>>like an ExitToShell()), and, yes, it can be used to kill the
>>Finder--but the bastard just starts right up again.
>>
>>If the idea behind killing the Finder is to not have the Finder
>>running, then we need another idea.
>>
>>--
>>Kent Borg                            internet: kent@camex.com   AOL: kent borg
> 
> According to Pat Kuras (again), if multiple applications are running, and
> you kill the Finder (using the aforementioned Opt-Cmd Esc), it will not
> start up again unless it has to (you have nothing else running).  Therefore,
> if you do this, the Finder won't run until everything has quit, unless your
> desire is to have nothing running at all, which would be hard to comprehend
> why, but does have great metaphysical aspects.
> 
> -Owen

Well, here's an intersting bit of info...

I'm right now running my comm program by itself (in System 7). But the items in
the apple menu are gone. It's just the "About" item. I think I mentioned before
that if you did kill the finder, you'd lose that functionality. I guess that's
what happened. You can run the program Task-It to kill the finder and then have
it commit suicide (sorry! :-)). That would let you get a program to run by 
itself. I can't seem to think of any useful purpose for this, though because
the memory this program uses is predefined and can't be changed after you run
it. I guess you'd have to get some utility to launch with other than the finder.
I know these exist. It's seems to be a pain to go through this but I guess I'd
have to say that if you want or need more free memory, you can kill the finder.
Only problem is, I have no way to find out how much memory I freed up with this!

Dan

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