• Tiger Upgrade: Now a new top-level folder at every login?

    From Keep it to Usenet please@idontreadthis56@hotmail.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 14:02:33
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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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  • From Keep it to Usenet please@idontreadthis56@hotmail.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Thursday, April 13, 2006 15:13:55
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    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

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  • From Steve W. Jackson@stevewjackson@charter.net to comp.sys.mac.system on Thursday, April 13, 2006 13:29:08
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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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  • From Keep it to Usenet please@idontreadthis56@hotmail.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Tuesday, April 18, 2006 20:36:39
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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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  • From Steve W. Jackson@stevewjackson@charter.net to comp.sys.mac.system on Wednesday, April 19, 2006 16:06:00
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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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