On 5/29/06 7:33 AM, David Alger didst favor us with:
> I found that changing the name of the app and confirming the change,
> and then changing it back works for me.
Tech Note 5555 - Forcing the Finder to display an application's icon after
using the Duplicate command
LOL
Larry
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> David Alger
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> Family Friendly Software, LLC
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> On May 28, 2006, at 8:55 AM, Laurence Harris wrote:
>
>> On 5/28/06 7:25 AM, Mark Douma didst favor us with:
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>>>
>>> On May 8, 2006, at 9:36 AM, Laurence Harris wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Actually, sending the Finder a kAESync Apple event is sufficient if
>>>> you can
>>>> find something that will do this for you.
>>>>
>>>> Larry
>>>
>>> You can use Rainer's "Nudge Contextual Menu" to force the Finder to
>>> update: http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/22311.
>>> (NOTE: this isn't yet a Universal Binary; bug him to release an
>>> updated version). I use it all the time and it works great for issues
>>> like that.
>>
>> File Buddy's CM is a Universal Binary, and it has a Touch command,
>> though I
>> wouldn't use it for this as it changes the modified date and that's
>> not
>> needed to address this issue. Also, someone pointed out that doing
>> a Get
>> Info in the Finder, selecting the icon and pressing the delete key
>> causes
>> the Finder to update the icon. As long as the application doesn't
>> have a
>> custom icon, that shouldn't change anything.
>>
>>> You could also probably 'touch' the application bundle, which would
>>> most likely cause LS to re-read in the application and possibly have
>>> the Finder update the icon.
>>
>> File Buddy's contextual menu also has an Update Application Database
>> command. It calls LSRegister and tells the Finder to update, though
>> you
>> don't need LSRegister for the problem the OP was seeing.
>>
>> Larry
>>
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