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Re: Where did the desktop folder go?
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Re: Where did the desktop folder go?


  • Subject: Re: Where did the desktop folder go?
  • From: "Marc K. Myers" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 16:01:41 -0400

Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 11:58:22 -0400
From: "Grimm, Kenneth" <email@hidden>
Subject: Where did the desktop folder go?
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All:

I've recently installed OSX, but boot in OS9 on production G4s.

My scripts use the "Desktop Folder" often, and they haven't broken, but the
folder itself seems to have been replaced by a generic icon that can't be
opened.


I get errors saying files already exist in the folder, but a Sherlock search
says they aren't there, and I can't open the folder (been replaced by icon)
so I can't access this any longer. Sherlock finds the "Desktop Folder", but
when I double click the Sherlock icon, the desktop itself (Finder) activates
and that's it.


Accessing by script works, but it seems to be the *only* access I have.

What's going on here? Any ideas?

Ken Grimm

Each user's desktop is contained in a folder named "Desktop" at the top level of the user's home directory. You can get an alias reference to it using "path to desktop folder". I'm not absolutely sure, but I think that will work is OS 9 as well, so you wouldn't have to maintain two sets of code.


Marc [10/19/04  4:00:17 PM]

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