Apple

Two points spring to mind:

1. You can't delete the file because it's on a CD, which is probably (definitely?) read-only.

2. Since you have no "on error" block within your "try", AppleScript is correct in flagging up the error: see https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/applescript/Conceptual/ApplescriptLangGuide/reference/ASLR_error_xmpls.html.

Jeremy

Jeremy Roussak
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On 6 Nov 2012, at 22:26, Robert Poland <email@hidden> wrote:

Hi,

Running from Smile AND Applescript Editor, when pointed at a CD the following script errors out and won't run;

tell application "Finder"
activate
tell window 1 -- clears out Finder idiosyncrasies
tell application "Finder" -- used here and at end
set winTarget to target of front window as alias
end tell
set fileList to list folder winTarget with invisibles
try
if fileList contains ".DS_Store" then
delete item ".DS_Store"
end if
end try
end tell
end tell