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Re: Finder producing path error
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Re: Finder producing path error


  • Subject: Re: Finder producing path error
  • From: Hudson Barton <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 16:02:10 -0400

Good question, but I still need the Finder because I have to use it to
make a new file on the desktop.


Just to reiterate the problem:

tell application "Finder" to get path to desktop as string

result==>>	"k8:Desktop:"

tell application "Finder" to get folder "k8:Desktop:"

result==>>	"Finder got an error: Can't get folder \"k8:Desktop:\"."

And if I give it the actual location, it produces an error saying "Can't get folder \"Desktop\" of folder \"k8\" of folder \"Users\" of startup disk."


Note: "k8" is the name of the User, and it appears to be sitting correctly in the User folder which is on the disk "Macintosh HD"


H.


At 12:29 PM -0700 4/25/05, Michelle Steiner wrote:
On Apr 25, 2005, at 12:16 PM, Hudson Barton wrote:

The following results appear to me to indicate something drastically wrong with the Finder. Is there any other explanation?

tell application "Finder" to get folder (path to desktop folder)

result===>>> folder "Desktop" of item "k8"

(that's it... no mention of the Users folder or of the startup disk)

What happens with this (without calling the Finder at all):

path to desktop folder

and does "k8" have any meaning for your system?

-- Michelle

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