Get Filer is a small application to make the Filer save out the Filer_OpenDir commands for all the viewers currently open on the Desktop. This is the information that would have been included in a ‘saved desktop’ file, if one were saved; the saved desktop has conflicted with the ‘universal boot’ since RISC OS 3.5, and the option has been removed from recent versions of the OS.

Note that on RISC OS Six, the Filer no longer supports Message_SaveDesktop as used by GetFiler. Until an alternative method of collecting the details of the open directory viewers is implemented, GetFiler is no longer compatible with the affected versions of the OS.