[G4] "Finder.dat" file?

[Mel Krewall]

I believe Finder.dat is a hidden file that has metadata about your 
window size, location and view, etc. You will generally only see it 
when you take a disk made on a Mac to a PC.

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On Mar 19, 2004, at 7:47 PM, Shannon Nugent wrote:

> What the heck is the "Finder.dat" file for?  It keeps appearing on my 
> zip disk when I save files from my mac.  Doesn't appear when I save 
> files on the zip using a pc.
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