Finder Answers, failed follow

[jmk3@crux2.cit.cornell.edu (Jay Krell)]

>1. Can I tell System 6.0 to ignore the rIcon resources and use the icons in
> the ICON files instead? (perhaps with a patch)
 
Finder does use the icon files instead. Your problems might relate to icon file
search order.
 
>2. When I switch back to 5.04, I lose the Finder.Data icon locations (i.e. the
>   system puts the icons back wherever it wants). Can I prevent this by
> locking any of the Finder droppings files (Finder.=)?
 
Finder 6.0 has a preference to prevent saving the Finder.data files. This
should work, unless it automatically converts old files. I doubt locking the
files will make a difference. The Finder.data file format changed from 5.0.4 to
6.0.
 
>3. What does the Finder.Root file do (other than show up every time I run an
>   app from the desktop)?
 
I think it tells Finder which windows are open and maybe what files are on the
desktop.
 
>5. Referring to # 1 above. If I can't make a patch, can I remove the rIcon
>   resource (with a resource editor/compiler like Rez)?
 
Don't do this.
 
  --Jay, jay.krell@cornell.edu