[G4] Is this file part of something I need?

[David Crandon]

Try this, do a Find File search for ".ds" as an invisible file and tell
me what pops up...

David  Crandon

J J wrote:
> 
> I have two files that I want to dump. Are they
> part of OS X or something important? Did they come
> from DiskWarrior?
> 
> The two files are in OS 9 and are
> .DS_STORE  on my desktop and invisable and
>  >DS_STORE  on my hard drive and also invisable
> 
> I picked em up when I ran Nortons DiskDoctor on my
> OS 9 HD.
> 
> It may also be good to understand that I have OS 9
> on one HD and OSX on another and have never
> choosen a Classic or ever opened anything in
> Classic. I do think that some of the software I
> have installed into OSX has thought that my OS 9
> HD was my classic and gone on to update itself on
> my OS 9 HD as if it were classic. Installed in OSX
> is Netscape 7, Photoshop 7, Illustrator 10,
> Acrobat 5, Indesign 2, Office X, and Bugdom (demo
> for X).
> 
> I also found some files called
> _DS_STORE
> spread in various places on my HD in OS 9 and
> would like to squash these as well.
> 
> I am thinking I have a cookie or something
> collecting info on my HD that is creating them.
> Most of them are in folders that have content that
> came from the web and many folders contain files
> downloaded from Microsoft. Anyone got any answers?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> jj
> 
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