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From: julian@riacs.edu (Julian E Gomez)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Desktop file stripper
Message-ID: <1065@hydra.riacs.edu>
Date: 13 Nov 88 22:37:11 GMT
References: <6605@spool.cs.wisc.edu> <430060@hpcea.CE.HP.COM>
Reply-To: julian@hydra.riacs.edu.UUCP (Julian E Gomez)
Organization: Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science
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In article <430060@hpcea.CE.HP.COM> twakeman@hpcea.CE.HP.COM (Teriann Wakeman) writes:
" If I wanted to elimonate unused Icons from the Desktop file & didn't want to
" lose comments that I had added to about, I would open the desktop with ResEdit
" and delete the resources that were not being used anymore. Takes some time,
" but it is good ResEdit practice. Of course I would copy my desktop file to a
" disc using and application that can copy invisible files {or make the file 
" visible then copy it} That way, if I accidently remove too much I would
" have a backup.

Safer and easier to just use DiskExpress.  They've already debugged the
procedures for compacting the Desktop file.

-- 
"Have you ever wondered if taxation without representation was cheaper?"

	Julian "a tribble took it" Gomez
	julian@riacs.edu