chow@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Christopher Chow) (06/16/87)
I try out and throw out alot of public domain/shareware stuff on my hard disk. Very often these programs have their own icons, so my desktop file gets bloated up with unnecessary icons. My solution to this problem is to periodicly rebuild the desktop from the finder by using the <cmd><opt> while returning to the finder. Unfortuantely, this also erases all the data I might have put in the get-info boxes. My question to Apple (and other net people) is: Do you think the finder ought to be modified so that you can purge icons from your desktop? I understand that there are cases when you might have to rebuild the desktop from scratch and throw out all the get-info comments. Perhaps we could get an "Clean up desktop" entry on the "Special" menu to remove unneeded icons and leave rebuilding the desktop at <cmd><opt>. What do you think? Christopher Chow /---------------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Internet: chow@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (128.84.253.35) | | Usenet: ...{uw-beaver|ihnp4|decvax|vax135}!cornell!batcomputer!chow | | Bitnet: chow@crnlthry.bitnet | | Phone: 1-415-643-2953, USPS: 2299 Piedmount Av, Berkeley CA 94720 | | Delphi: chow2 PAN: chow | \---------------------------------------------------------------------------/
chuq@plaid.UUCP (06/16/87)
>I try out and throw out alot of public domain/shareware stuff on my hard >disk. Very often these programs have their own icons, so my desktop file >gets bloated up with unnecessary icons. My solution to this problem is to >periodicly rebuild the desktop from the finder by using the <cmd><opt> >Unfortuantely, this also erases all the data I might have put in the >get-info boxes. My question to Apple (and other net people) is: > Do you think the finder ought to be modified so that you can > purge icons from your desktop? Why make the Finder do Yet Another operation? I use DiskExpress, which does what you want quite well, without mucking around with what you want left alone. Why stuff another piece of code that is rarely used into a program people already complain about speed and complexity? If a good third party program is available, use it. chuq Chuq Von Rospach chuq@sun.COM Delphi: CHUQ Now, where did my ex-wife put my Fairy Dust?
traffic@ut-ngp.UUCP (Wiley Sanders) (06/16/87)
> [Dicussion about getting rid of surplus icons in desktop file..]
There is a p.d. program called 'purgeicons' floating around that does
just what you describe. If you cannot find it on your friendly neigbor-
hood bbs, email me and I will send you a copy.
-w