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Re: Locations of Desktop icons
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Re: Locations of Desktop icons


  • Subject: Re: Locations of Desktop icons
  • From: julifos <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2003 10:56:00 +0200

I think this is still broken...

JJ

> Dear list,
>
> I'm using AppleScript to access the icon locations on the Mac OS X
> desktop. The correct syntax used to be (in Classic):
>
> the position of item "Example Folder" of desktop
>
> When I run this in OS X, however, the positions are reported for items
> in the Finder window for "Macintosh HD:Users:UserName:Desktop:", instead
>
> of the actual desktop.
>
> In other words, I still get icon positions, but they're not for the true
>
> desktop. They're for positions in the Finder window.
>
> How can I access the locations for items on the real Desktop? Is
> there another way to refer to the desktop, or perhaps another way to
> refer to
> the position of desktop items?
>
> I'm using X.2.3
>
> Thank you,
>
> Matt Duddy
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