annoying

hey

my HD icon has gone - disappeared from the desktop?

i've checked the HD box in finder - then repaired permissions

but cant get it on the desktop anybody help?

regards

Did you try restarting yet? It's worth a shot, if you haven't yet.

iWhat said:

Did you try restarting yet? It's worth a shot, if you haven't yet.

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hey

iwhat thanks tried that and no joy - its the little things that annoy! neye:

In finder go to Go -> Computer
Drag the Macintosh HD icon to your desktop

hd

trpnmonkey41 said:

In finder go to Go -> Computer
Drag the Macintosh HD icon to your desktop

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hey trpnmonkey41

tried that when i drag it snaps back and wont stay put?????? neye:

regards

Hmm sounds like the icon is there its just you can't see it

In finder go to View -> Show View Options, try messing around with the view options to see if you can get it to appear

Maybe delete the com.apple.desktop.plist file and restart. Or do what trpnmonkey41 said, and restart again. Some of the settings must be corrupted or something, and they need to be overwritten or replaced.

trpnmonkey41 said:

Hmm sounds like the icon is there its just you can't see it

In finder go to View -> Show View Options, try messing around with the view options to see if you can get it to appear

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hey
thanks again this is gettin stranger show view options is greyed out
probably cos their is nothing on desktop to alter? neye:

regards

I don't see any reason why view options would be greyed out. Have you tried repairing permissions?

trpnmonkey41 said:

I don't see any reason why view options would be greyed out. Have you tried repairing permissions?

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hey

yeh tried that still nothing - where do i get the com.apple.desktop.plist file

thanks :headphone

/Users/your username/Library/Preferences

trpnmonkey41 said:

/Users/your username/Library/Preferences

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sorry about this but that file aint there???? (com.apple.desktop.plist file)

any other ideas its seem the desktop is corrupted or something?

Search for it in finder perhaps -- the search feature.

more and more annoying

iWhat said:

Search for it in finder perhaps -- the search feature.

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thanks for your continuing help

tried finder and spotlight aint there???

anything else?

thanks

Hmmm that is very odd

In that same folder delete these 3 files if they are there and restart

LSApplications
LSClaimtedTypes
LSSchemes

hard drive

trpnmonkey41 said:

Hmmm that is very odd

In that same folder delete these 3 files if they are there and restart

LSApplications
LSClaimtedTypes
LSSchemes

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youve guessed it none of them are in there?

i can feel you drifting away and i'm losing the will to live

how annoying is this?

regards :doctor:

worse by the minute?

brendan67 said:

youve guessed it none of them are in there?

i can feel you drifting away and i'm losing the will to live

how annoying is this?

regards :doctor:

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now in finder - when i;ve started lookin around new folder is greyed out and gone

this is much more serious than i thought

any help still welcome????? :doctor:

help

brendan67 said:

now in finder - when i;ve started lookin around new folder is greyed out and gone

this is much more serious than i thought

any help still welcome????? :doctor:

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hey

now i cannot even place anything on the desktop
- when i try and drag something there it just snaps back

any help out there please?

regards

Try deleting this, I'm just as baffled as you are at this: com.apple.finder.plist

Since I really cannot think of anything I am going o try something crazy

In the zip file attached is my desktop.plist file. Try placing that in your preferences folder and restarting

View attachment Desktop stuff.zip