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From: myers@vms.macc.wisc.edu (jeff myers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Desktop file stripper
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Date: 15 Nov 88 01:45:51 GMT
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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.

DiskExpress also does a bangup job with no hassle and correspondingly
little change of error.  It's primary use is as a disk defragmenter, but
the desktop file compression feature is also useful.

Cheers, jeff m