Moving desktop items on reboot, fix?

Posted:
in macOS edited January 2014
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

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 8
    Open Terminal and enter this line:



    Code:


    cd ~/Desktop







    And then enter this line exactly as below:



    Code:


    sudo rm .DS_Store







    You may be asked for your admin user password. Enter it.



    Log out, log in. Now your icons should stay.
  • Reply 2 of 8
    thanks brad...though using terminal always makes me very freakin nervous for some reason....



    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
  • Reply 3 of 8
    ast3r3xast3r3x Posts: 5,012member
    Perhaps try again?



    That ALWAYS works for me. Well I only had to do it 3 times, on 3 different computers. Worked fine.
  • Reply 4 of 8
    Quote:

    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.
  • Reply 5 of 8
    thegeldingthegelding Posts: 3,230member
    still no go...i get:



    rm: .DS_Store: No such file or directory



    perhaps because i am still using jaguar??



    g
  • Reply 6 of 8
    Nope, the .DS_Store file is there in Jag as well.



    Just try typing very slowly. Don't do a copy/paste.
  • Reply 7 of 8
    Quote:

    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.
  • Reply 8 of 8
    no succes here. Tried it several times and my HD keeps moving back to the bottom. It's like magnet, open safari and bam, it's back at the bottom.
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