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- From: jelmore@nyx.cs.du.edu (Jay Elmore)
- Subject: Re: forcing Desktop rebuild (on file server)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov6.055107.4712@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- References: <1992Oct30.054331.10582@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <1crp31INN6n3@mathj.usc.edu> <5NOV199215224918@rosie.uh.edu>
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 92 05:51:07 GMT
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- In article <5NOV199215224918@rosie.uh.edu> englhq@rosie.uh.edu (Franklet, Duane L.) writes:
- >In article <1crp31INN6n3@mathj.usc.edu>, bruck@mathj.usc.edu (Ronald Bruck) writes...
- >>In article <1992Oct30.054331.10582@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> jelmore@nyx.cs.du.edu (Jay Elmore) writes:
- >>>Supposedly, APple's method of deleting the desktop can, in rare cases,
- >>>corrupt the desktop files. Desktop rebuild is suppodely safer.
- >>>Also, the System 7.x methoed will not delete any lingering 6.0.x desktop
- >>>files and vice versa; Desktop Reset will...
- >>>
- >>>Hope this helps!
- >>>Jay (=
- >>>
- >>
- >I traced back through this discussion of desktop rebuilding, but I'd
- >like to know if these utilities work for file servers as well. From a
- >6.0.x machine, I can still use the old command-option, and then I'm
- >prompted to rebuild the desktop for the file server. That doesn't
- >seem to work when I'm on a System 7 machine. Is there a new trick to
- >this w/ 7.0?
- >
- >Thanks for your suggestions.
- >
- >Duane Franklet
- >englhq@jetson.uh.edu
-
- (Gee, my first reply to my own comments! :)
-
- Actually, we were discussing the pros and cons of Desktop Reset, a
- shareware?/freeware? INIT that can be ftped from several places. It offers
- superior desktop rebuilding as opposed to the system 6 & 7 methods. It
- uses no excess RAM, and is only invoked if the user is holding OPTION &
- COMMAND keys as it loads.
-
- Hope this helps!
-
- Jay (=
-
- (...workin' on a .sig...)
-
-