>on 5/13/02 2:30 AM, Robert Covington at artlythere@... wrote:
>
>> I have a ton of icons on my desktop, it is my download area  and some
>> things are from a previous startup drive, and others from like email
>> downloads.
>
>AppleScript may be the quickest.
>
>Take a look at
>
><http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/sigmicro/macwarriors/applescript/more99/>
>
>
>I think a coder like yourself can quickly figure out a way to move stuff to
>the trash or a folder.  You can also identify files by their type.
>
>--
>Best Wishes,
>
>George


Thanks George. Applescript is a cool beast. I actually did a whole app
using it ages ago for TweenMachine,it created the batch processing lists
for the FB app.

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