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I finally upgraded to Tiger over the weekend. Now, every time I
login, I get a new top-level (aka "My Computer") folder opened. It
will be opened in a different location, different size each time. If
I don't close each one when it's opened, it will re-open on the next
login, along with a new one.

Any ideas?

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<idontreadthis56-7BE145.09023211042006@netnews.asp.att.net>,
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... 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

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In article <idontreadthis56-C331AA.10135413042006@netnews.asp.att.net>,
Keep it to Usenet please <idontreadthis56@hotmail.com> wrote:

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.

= Steve =
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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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In article <idontreadthis56-7FABD3.15363918042006@netnews.asp.att.net>,
Keep it to Usenet please <idontreadthis56@hotmail.com> wrote:

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.

Same here. It may be because my previous Unix-style experiences were
not with systems having BSD roots. I think that's where this option originates.

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.

I understand the sentiment. Strangely, though, I've never encountered
this problem at any other level than the root directory. Maybe I was
only slightly unlucky, highly lucky, something...

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.

I'm from the school that virtually never shuts down my Macs now that
I've got OS X. I mostly use a PowerBook, which I simply close and let
sleep. My other systems are seldom restarted except after updates that require it or the odd power outage.

Thanks for the finer points.

Sharing what others have shared with me. :-)

= Steve =
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