Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!ukma!dftsrv!heawk1!hoepfner From: hoepfner@heawk1.gsfc.nasa.gov (Patrick Hoepfner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Rebuilding the desktop Keywords: desktop rebuild Message-ID: Date: 22 Apr 91 20:12:11 GMT References: <13493@ur-cc.UUCP> <4H6L12w163w@shark.cs.fau.edu> <1991Apr20.040508.13594@hawk.cs.ukans.edu> Sender: news@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov Lines: 27 sven@cs.widener.edu (Sven Heinicke) writes: >In <1991Apr20.040508.13594@hawk.cs.ukans.edu>, chai@hawk.cs.ukans.edu writes: >>Don't forget that rebuilding the desktop also zaps your comments >>in the get info boxes. I never figured out what that box is for if >>it's so danged fragile. I used to keep comments about what things >>do (especially useful for those little thingamabobs you download >>and file, thinking "yeah, I *might* use this someday) but then as >>soon as you rebuild the desktop, *poof*. So I've had to resort to >>text files, which is much less convenient. Oh, well. You could always use the free program "Minor*Repairs" to rebuild the desktop without loosing the text in the get info box. The reason that it is lost is because the text found in the get info box is filed away in the desktop file, and when you rebuild the desktop (i.e. delete the desktop file) any info in it is lost. I am not sure, but I think that the "Application Memory Size" in the get info box is also lost. This is possible a more serious problem than keeping the random comments about the application. >Maby fixing could be another 7.0 improvement. I have read that with the System 7.0, rebuilding the desktop is no-longer needed! Hurray! --Patrick hoepfner@heasfs.gsfc.nasa.gov