To suppress custom icons on CD-ROMs, floppy disks and networked disks install this extension.
This tends to speed up the Finder by a factor of about a zillion.
To temporarily show the custom icons, hold down the Command () key when opening a folder.
Suppose you want the extension to be inactive (show all icons) except when you hold down the Command () key. Open the INIT resource with ResEdit and change “662C” to “672C”.
Caveats
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Works “as is” with Apple’s CD-ROM driver, floppies and networked disks.
To let it work with non-Apple’s CD-ROM drivers (or other drivers), modify the resource 'STR#' with ID=128 to include your driver name.
Q.: HELP! What’s my driver name? I couldn’t find it on my passport!
A. #1: open the control panel or extension containing the driver with ResEdit, open the 'DRVR' resource type, get info, copy the driver name into the 'STR#' 128 in CDIconKiller. This is not guaranteed to work, since someone might use a nonstandard way to install a driver.
A. #2: (for Power Users) drop into Macsbug, type 'drvr', select the right driver, go to ResEdit as before.
Warning: This program was (originally) written in 4 hours.
Version History
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1.3.4: Adapted to CodeWarrior 7 (no code changes). Updated the docs.
1.3.3: Fixes a small bug that could prevent the Command-key shortcut from working (thanks to Patrick Dyson for having pointed this out). Asm source is back! (I forgot, sorry…)
1.3.2: now works with Apple PowerCDs. No code changes.
1.3.1: was considering only the first string in the STR# resource: fixed.
1.3: should be async-calls compatible; you may specify more than one driver (currently considers the first fifteen strings in the resource; enough?).
1.2: now always loads the patch at startup: can load before your CD driver, works with LoadADrive by Dieter Spaar <spaar@mirider.abg.sub.org>.
1.1.1: added the 'sysz' resource, the key shortcut, fixed the misaligned icon at startup (suggested by Masatsugu Nagata), better TrapAvailable (written by Stefan Kurth).
1.1: bug fixes, CD driver string in resource (suggested by Quinn), asm tweaks etc. by Fabrizio Oddone
1.0: 05:30 18 June 1994 Original Release by Quinn & Peter N Lewis