Moving desktop items on reboot, fix?
Hey Pals...
I saw a while ago a post about desktop elements, (HD, mounted drives, etc) moving around on the desktop after a reboot. Anyone mind reposting the solution? I think it involved deleting a desktop settings file, but I don't remember the path... anyone know of it?
Gracias my friends,
Charlie
I saw a while ago a post about desktop elements, (HD, mounted drives, etc) moving around on the desktop after a reboot. Anyone mind reposting the solution? I think it involved deleting a desktop settings file, but I don't remember the path... anyone know of it?
Gracias my friends,
Charlie
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cd ~/Desktop
And then enter this line exactly as below:
sudo rm .DS_Store
You may be asked for your admin user password. Enter it.
Log out, log in. Now your icons should stay.
g
didn't work
i went to terminal
typed
cd ~/Desktop
then
sudo rm .DS_STORE
nada changed with log out...HD and FIREWIRE drives still moved (the pesky little buggers)
i typed exactly sudo (space) rm (space) .DS_STORE
That ALWAYS works for me. Well I only had to do it 3 times, on 3 different computers. Worked fine.
Originally posted by thegelding
sudo rm .DS_STORE
i typed exactly sudo (space) rm (space) .DS_STORE
It should be .DS_Store - the terminal is case sensitive. To make sure you get it right, just start typing the file name and then hit tab. It should auto complete it for you.
rm: .DS_Store: No such file or directory
perhaps because i am still using jaguar??
g
Just try typing very slowly. Don't do a copy/paste.
Originally posted by thegelding
still no go...i get:
rm: .DS_Store: No such file or directory
perhaps because i am still using jaguar??
g
In the directory you want to fix (~/Desktop if you want to fix the desktop) type: "ls -a | more". That will give you a directory listing including the hidden files. If .DS_Store is there, you should see it in the listing. It may be that you deleted the file already so the rm command has no effect.