Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!rochester!bbn!uwmcsd1!lakesys!macak
From: macak@lakesys.UUCP (Jim Macak)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: desktop icons
Keywords: question
Message-ID: <373@lakesys.UUCP>
Date: 15 Jan 88 01:34:50 GMT
References: <2571@druhi.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: macak@lakesys.UUCP (Jim Macak)
Distribution: comp
Organization: Lake Systems, Milwaukee, WI
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In article <2571@druhi.ATT.COM> cosmos@druhi.ATT.COM (GuestRA) writes:
>....
>I have hacked together a little application for myself.  It works now so I
>gave it it's own little icon.  However, I decided to change the icon but the
>finder doesn't seem to recognize the change.  I guess it's got a copy in the
>Desktop and doesn't bother to look at the resource anymore.  Is there a
>simple way to get the finder to recognize the new icon?  I'd rather not
>rebuild the entire desktop just for this...

There is an application or two (I think one is called "DeskTop Cleaner" that
would do the job for you.  I believe the 'Cleaner' is ShareWare or public
domain.  Otherwise, I bet you could get your new icon to appear by changing
the four letter CREATOR of your application.  Upon returning to the Finder
after doing this, an icon for that Creator will not be found and the Finder
should look into the application for an icon, and find the new one that you
have created.  (This might not work if you try to do it from within the Finder
with a DA like DiskTop so it might be better to make the change from within an
application using a DA or with an application that will do the job.)

Jim            USENET -->   macak@lakesys.UUCP (Jim Macak)