... every time I login, I get a new top-level (aka "My Computer")
folder opened ...
In article
<idontreadthis56-7BE145.09023211042006@netnews.asp.att.net>,
Keep it to Usenet please <idontreadthis56@hotmail.com> wrote:
... every time I login, I get a new top-level (aka "My Computer")
folder opened ...
Not sure if this was the best way to fix it, but it worked and I
haven't encountered any troubles:
1) Quit all apps except Finder
2) Open Terminall.app
3) Quit Finder
4) In Terminal run:
sudo find / -name .DS_Store -exec rm -f {} \;
5) Shut down as soon as the find completes
The find command you used could likely have used "-delete" instead
of the "-exec" part, if you really wanted to get rid of *all* those .DS_Store files.
But in my experience, the specific cause of the problem you
encountered was with the /.DS_Store file. So you could probably
have used "sudo rm /.DS_Store",
then simply logged off and back on rather than a restart.
In article <stevewjackson-9BA437.13290813042006@individual.net>,
"Steve W. Jackson" <stevewjackson@charter.net> wrote:
The find command you used could likely have used "-delete" instead
of the "-exec" part, if you really wanted to get rid of *all* those .DS_Store files.
-exec I know from way back. -delete I've never encountered before.
But in my experience, the specific cause of the problem you
encountered was with the /.DS_Store file. So you could probably
have used "sudo rm /.DS_Store",
True, but my thought at the time was that if I've got one .DS_Store
that was a problem, there were likely more, and I was 99% certain
there was no Finder comments I needed.
then simply logged off and back on rather than a restart.
True, but I was calling it a night, so the Shutdown would have been
done anyway.
Thanks for the finer points.
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