Re: Device ICons in Finder

[lunatic@netcom.com (Lunatic Johnathan Bruce E'Sex)]

In article <C232M7.H79@ns1.nodak.edu> drees@plains.NoDak.edu (Steve Drees) writes:
>In article <1993Feb7.062618.5779@netcom.com> lunatic@netcom.com (Lunatic Johnathan Bruce E'Sex) writes:
>>In article <fmlin.3qlw@terapin.com> fmlin@terapin.com (Frank M. Lin) writes:
>>>In article <C21LtK.42s@ns1.nodak.edu>, drees@plains.NoDak.edu (Steve Drees)
>>>writes:
>>>>
>>>>Is there a way to change the default locations of the device Icons in the
>>>>Finder? I'd really prefer to have them along the bottmo of the screen (and
>>>>squashed together more).
>>>
>>>I know you can change the location of the trash icon, but I don't know about
>>>the others...  This was documented by Andy himself for the Feb. 92 issue of A2
>>>Central ( of was it March? )...
>> 
>> 
>>    |\|o, you can't change the default locations of the device icons
>> in Finder 6.0.  They are hard coded into the program itself.
>
>Even hardcoded information can be changed. You just need to figure out
>exactly where the locations are hardcoded and change the values. SO what I
>guess you are telling me is, No there is no easy way to change the locations
>of the device icons. Time to start scanning memory...
 
    \_/
     |es, I should have been more clear.  You can't change the positions
 of the device icons on the desktop the way you can change the position
 of the trash icon.  Like I said, the device icons are hard coded,
 while the position of the trash icon is in a resource, as documented.
     _
    (_,ood luck finding those hard coded locations.  I have better
 things to do than go looking for them, and I have ideas for another
 way to change those default locations, without requiring any changes
 to Finder itself.  If you do find them, I'd quite appreciate being
 told what they are, though!

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