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Re: Really basic Finder question
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Re: Really basic Finder question


  • Subject: Re: Really basic Finder question
  • From: "Nigel Garvey" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:05:04 +0100

Shane Stanley wrote on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:24:59 +1000:

>On 11/4/08 12:50 PM, "Mark J. Reed" <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>> How do I open a new Finder window on a specificfodler?  I've tried
>> several different ways of specifying the target but always get a
>> window opened at the root of the filesystem.  Example:
>>
>> tell application "Finder"
>>   make new Finder window with properties {target: desktop folder}
>> end tell
>
>tell application "Finder"
>    open desktop
>end tell

Or, what Mark may have been groping for:

  tell application "Finder"
    make new Finder window to desktop
  end tell


NG

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