>Hi, I am setting up a BBS at a school that has a school wide Ethernet >network. I want to put the client software on each computer so students >can get on,the problem is that we use At Ease v2 & v4(or 5 now) and when >students open the client it makes that fake desktop that allows renaming >of folders and files on the Hard Disk. Is there anyway I can hack the >client so it does not show the local desktop when it's running? I don't >want to have to make them use telnet because of this. >Jason Davis
Try installing Apple's Drag and Drop extension (you should be able to find it at one of the Apple FTP sites). That should get rid of the 'fake desktop'.
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FYI, prior to MacOS 7.5, TF/User created a 'fake desktop' to allow users to transfer files by simply dragging a file from the 'fake desktop' to a folder. This was one of TeleFinder's early features. At some point, Apple created an extension called the 'Drag and Drop extension'. This extension (which was later built into the MacOS) allowed programs to transfer text, files, folder, etc. by 'dragging and dropping' from the Finder into an application. Telefinder/User takes advantage this feature so that users no longer need to use the 'fake desktop'. However the 'fake desktop' is still in TF/User for people who don't have the 'Drag and Drop extension' or MacOS 7.5 or greater.
