Running 19 days
without a restart.

Add A Quit command To The Finder
by Michael Coyle, 05-20-1998

Why quit the Finder? Games like Marathon Infinity, Quake, and Myth will run a little faster without the overhead of running the Finder. Virtual PC is another program that benefits from it.

What you need:
Download a copy of the ResEdit template for Finder Menus. To use the template, open a copy of your ResEdit preferences with ResEdit (System Folder > Preferences). Then open the newly downloaded template file in ResEdit and copy the TMPL resource to the clipboard. Paste the TMPL into the ResEdit preferences. Save your work and quit ResEdit.

Open a copy of the Finder in ResEdit and find the fmn2 resource.

Open it with a double-click.

Scroll down to ID# 521 and open it with a double-click.

If you have the Template installed correctly, your ID should look like the one below.

Initially, the Count is at 19 (for 19 items in then menu). We want to increase it by two to 21. One number for a divider, one for the menu command.

Change the Count to 21.

Scroll down to Item number 19 and select it with a single click. (I've highlighted it in red to show where to click.)

Next, select the menu item Insert New Field twice.

This will add two new Item numbers, 20 and 21.

Enter the information into Items 20 and 21 as shown below. Unlike me, you may want to consider the wisdom of giving the Finder a command key to Quit! :)

If you wish to omit the command key, just leave the Shortcut blank.

Save your work and quit ResEdit.

Replace the old Finder, and after you Restart the computer, you'll have a new menu command!