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Re: choose application list - revisited
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Re: choose application list - revisited


  • Subject: Re: choose application list - revisited
  • From: Robert Poland <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 18:11:40 -0600

On or about 9/18/03 8:45 PM, Robert Poland wrote:

tell application "Finder" to get creator type of process (choose application)

> Brings up a list of every application that was ever on the computer,
including a lot of OS 9 and applescript applications, whether they
still exist or not. Selecting one of them gets an error "Finder got
an error: A descriptor type mismatch occurred.". this occurs with
applications that are running or not running.

ALSO

Is there a way to update the list to something that is current?

Rebuild your desktop files. ;)

I did reboot in OS 9.22 and rebuilt the desktop. It did cut down on the applications listed. I think that the multiple duplicates now are System problems, for example, any application that runs in OS 9 or OS X seems to show up twice. Whatever, it makes for A LOT of applications to go through. Probably best to go the browse route.
--
Bob Poland - Englewood, CO
http://www.ibrb.org/
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