Over the past few months I've had a couple cases of "zombie filenames"
on my desktop (currently OS X 10.2.6). The file has long since been
deleted, but the text of the filename, without an icon, occupies a spot
on the desktop. If I click on it it disappears, but subsequent Finder activity causes it to reappear.
Any idea where this is coming from and what to do to eliminate it?
On Thu, 03 Jul 2003 15:33:25 +0000, David Sewell wrote:
Over the past few months I've had a couple cases of "zombie filenames"
on my desktop (currently OS X 10.2.6). The file has long since been
deleted, but the text of the filename, without an icon, occupies a spot
on the desktop. If I click on it it disappears, but subsequent Finder
activity causes it to reappear.
Any idea where this is coming from and what to do to eliminate it?
no guarantees:
you can try to open up terminal
- then 'cd' to ~/Desktop
- then 'rm .DS_Store'
- then 'ls -la | more' to see if the file .DS_Store is gone.
- hit control+c, then 'exit' terminal
- quit finder then relaunch it.
On Thu, 03 Jul 2003 15:33:25 +0000, David Sewell wrote:
Over the past few months I've had a couple cases of "zombie filenames"
on my desktop (currently OS X 10.2.6). The file has long since been deleted, but the text of the filename, without an icon, occupies a spot
on the desktop. If I click on it it disappears, but subsequent Finder activity causes it to reappear.
Any idea where this is coming from and what to do to eliminate it?
no guarantees:
you can try to open up terminal
- then 'cd' to ~/Desktop
- then 'rm .DS_Store'
- then 'ls -la | more' to see if the file .DS_Store is gone.
- hit control+c, then 'exit' terminal
- quit finder then relaunch it.
In article <pan.2003.07.03.20.40.34.201833@mailexcite.com>,
johnny bobby bee <stepore@mailexcite.com> wrote:
On Thu, 03 Jul 2003 15:33:25 +0000, David Sewell wrote:
Over the past few months I've had a couple cases of "zombie filenames"
on my desktop (currently OS X 10.2.6). The file has long since been deleted, but the text of the filename, without an icon, occupies a spot on the desktop. If I click on it it disappears, but subsequent Finder activity causes it to reappear.
Any idea where this is coming from and what to do to eliminate it?
no guarantees:
you can try to open up terminal
- then 'cd' to ~/Desktop
- then 'rm .DS_Store'
- then 'ls -la | more' to see if the file .DS_Store is gone.
- hit control+c, then 'exit' terminal
- quit finder then relaunch it.
Nope--this doesn't get rid of the 'zombie'.
On Thu, 03 Jul 2003 15:33:25 +0000, David Sewell wrote:
Over the past few months I've had a couple cases of "zombie filenames" on my desktop (currently OS X 10.2.6). The file has long since been deleted, but the text of the filename, without an icon, occupies a spot on the desktop. If I click on it it disappears, but subsequent Finder activity causes it to reappear.
Any idea where this is coming from and what to do to eliminate it?
You might try the tip here <http://www.osxfaq.com/dailytips/08-2002/08-14.ws>
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