AppleShare PC users have asked how to eliminate an unwanted Macintosh icon
mapping -- for instance, an inadvertently-created "extra" DOS filename
extension.
Actually, the number of extension mapping icons are static: they cannot be
deleted. However, a file extension can be changed back to default, or to some
other extension.
GENERAL INFORMATION:
AppleShare PC automatically sets a Macintosh file icon type for files created
on file server volumes. These type assignments are based on the three-
character DOS filename extension. DA also uses the file type and file
extension information to recognize DOS text files and Macintosh file text files
for potential conversion while copying.
Change Extension Mapping lets you select an icon type for a given file
extension. This icon type will be assigned to all appropriate new files
created on server volumes; existing files are not affected. For example, you
can set all files that you created with the extension WXT to be file type
Binary; whenever you create a file whose extension is WXT on the file server,
it will automatically be assigned the Binary icon.
To see a list of already-mapped extensions (other than Binary), at the DOS
prompt enter the command: ANET MAP
You type the extension of interest at the Extension prompt. (You don't type the
initial period, and wildcards aren't allowed.) You press the Enter or Tab key
to move the Type pane; then press the number of the type you want to associate
with the extension you type. (You can also use the Up and Down Arrows keys to
move through the list in Type pane.)
Icons for files on the server at the time you set the mapping remain unchanged.
You can change the icon type of an existing individual DOS file. Pressing F2
brings up an information window on the icon highlighted. You can change the
file's type to any listed by pressing the number of the type you want to use.
(Use the Up or Down Arrow key to scroll through all options.)