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From: sardella@strfleet.gsfc.nasa.gov (Tom Sardella)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Why does System 7 keep rebuilding my desktops?
Keywords: System 7.0, desktop
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Date: 24 May 91 11:14:07 GMT
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In article <1991May23.211229.21367@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu> gersh@aplpy.jhuapl.edu (John R. Gersh) writes:
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>System 7.O keeps desktop information in the Desktop DF and Desktop DB data
>files (a la Desktop Manager). If the disks' desktops have been modified by an
>earlier system, System 7.0 notices that its desktop files are not up to date
>when it boots and rebuilds them, telling the user that it's doing so. This is
>therefore definitely a feature, not a bug, not a problem, and is the
>inevitable result of switching betweeen the system versions with the same
>disks mounted.
>
>Well, perhaps not inevitable; a few people suggested using the Desktop
>Manager init when running under 6.0.5 to keep things in sync.
>

I'm working in a similar situation where I have 6.0.7 on one disk and 7.0
on another.  I use "Startup Disk" to switch between them and do it on a 
regular basis.  The problem I have is that I have a large monitor with lots
of applications on the desktop.  I can live with the time it takes to rebuild
the desktop everytime I switch to 7.0.  But everytime I switch back to 6.0.7
I have to move everything in the desktop folder on both volumes back to the 
desktop.  This is getting old.  Is there a way around it?

Also, what is the Desktop Manager init and where can I get it?



      Thanks,
      Tom Sardella
      sardella@strfleet.gsfc.nasa.gov