Re: rebuilding desktop
Re: rebuilding desktop
- Subject: Re: rebuilding desktop
- From: Bill Briggs <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 20:13:30 -0300
At 5:51 PM -0400 02/04/01, Rob Jorgensen wrote:
You "could" run a script in the "Shutdown Items" folder which
deletes the appropriate desktop files (they're invisible) and then,
when you start the computer, it should force a rebuild without
further user interaction. This method would probably require another
restart after the rebuild in order for all icons to display properly.
Icons should display properly after the startup without a second one
being necessary. I've never noticed any problem after using Tech Tool
for this, although I've not used it for a rebuild in a couple of
years (for the following reason).
The one down side to this is that if you have any comments in the
Info window for any file or folder, they get obliterated when you
trash the desktop files. Comments are not preserved as they are when
you do it the Apple "prescribed" way. And you lose them with Tech
Tool or using a script to trash the Desktop files.
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