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Removal of iconarrows on aliases?
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Atlanta
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Is it possible to remove the small arrows that stick to the icons of aliases? I remember I disliked them very much back when I was running Windows 95, which had the same behaviour, but then found out how to remove them by editing the registry. Can the same be done in OS X?
Thanks.
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Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Sapulpa, OK
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I havn't tried since the upgrade to 10.2 but the way I did it and the way I beleive it will work now is open SystemIcons.rsrc in an icon application such as Iconographer from MScape Software and open up the alias arrow from there and edit it out. Save, Logout, back in and it should work fine.
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Join Date: Dec 2001
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Originally posted by Mac Guru:
I havn't tried since the upgrade to 10.2 but the way I did it and the way I beleive it will work now is open SystemIcons.rsrc in an icon application such as Iconographer from MScape Software and open up the alias arrow from there and edit it out. Save, Logout, back in and it should work fine.
Mac Guru
i had trouble saving the file, would it possible just to delete the icon out of the rsrc file? Or will something go wrong when i go to make an alias?
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Join Date: Jul 2002
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Originally posted by Hi I'm Ben:
i had trouble saving the file, would it possible just to delete the icon out of the rsrc file? Or will something go wrong when i go to make an alias?
Just make it invisible
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Seattle, WA
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Originally posted by Hi I'm Ben:
i had trouble saving the file, would it possible just to delete the icon out of the rsrc file? Or will something go wrong when i go to make an alias?
Just out of curiosity, how will you figure out if something is an alias if you edit out the arrow? In OS 9 it was easy to tell because the name was italicized but theres no difference in X...
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Join Date: Jun 2002
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What I would do is make the arrow a little smaller and transprent. that way you know it's an alias and the icon is less obtrusive.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Nov 1999
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Well in some cases there is no need to know something is an alias. I personally don't care if it is one so I chose to remove the arrow.
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Join Date: Dec 2001
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Originally posted by Dace:
Just make it invisible
wow some one can't read.
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Join Date: Oct 2002
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Originally posted by Mac Guru:
I havn't tried since the upgrade to 10.2 but the way I did it and the way I beleive it will work now is open SystemIcons.rsrc in an icon application such as Iconographer from MScape Software and open up the alias arrow from there and edit it out. Save, Logout, back in and it should work fine.
Mac Guru
Thanks, I finally sat down and tried this and it works great!
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