Macintosh: Desktop Manager

I have more than 1000 files on my Macintosh hard drive and am running System 6.0.5. I have an ongoing problem with fragmentation and am constantly optimizing, formatting, or reinstalling all data on my hard drive. I've read that the Desktop file was designed back in the 400K floppy days. Should I put "Desktop Manager" in my System Folder (from the AppleShare disk)?

The Desktop file is capable of managing 64,000 files. The Finder really
bogs down if you have more than 800 files per folder level. The Desktop
Manager is not needed for only 1000-2000 files. On the other hand, it
won't hurt to have it and it might increase the reliability and even make
some functions more efficient.

Published Date: Feb 18, 2012