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Authored by: Vanish on Apr 17, '02 12:02:28PM

I too keep a clean dektop. I'm rather anal about it, truly. Twice now, however, after rebuilding my OS (dont' ask why. Those are two different stories), Internet preferences default to the desktop for downloads. On both occassions I had downloaded a slew of updates and freeware all at once, with Stuffit mercilessly extracting the files from the archives but leaving the archive in tact on the desktop as well. I had enough files on there that seeing the default desktop picture was nearly impossible. Click out of a program to the Finder. Colorwheeling hell. Swith to other apps and all is well. Switch back to the Finder, colorwheel hell. Remove the smattering of files on the dektop, and no more colorwheel.

It truly does make a difference. I would assume due to the Finder tryig to show all of those aliases of files from your desktop folder as non-aliased files on your desktop, or some odd thing as such.



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