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no desktop icons and finder doesnt seem to work...please help
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<blockquote data-quote="cradom" data-source="post: 1615967" data-attributes="member: 305283"><p>Highly unlikely. I just tried this on my wife's computer where I have an account and it said 3 bytes for 11 items so that didn't work <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Ok, since you don't use Mail and don't need to copy bookmarks we're going to delete the Library folder. We don't need to copy it.</p><p>Open Terminal and type:</p><p><strong>cd /Users/sammsousa</strong></p><p>That shouldn't give an error but if it does type:</p><p><strong>sudo cd /Users/sammsousa</strong></p><p>It will ask for a password. Type in your login password for this account, not the bad one.</p><p>It looks like nothing's happening but it is, you cant see the password going in. That's normal.</p><p></p><p>Now type:</p><p><strong>sudo rm -rf Library</strong></p><p>This will delete the Library folder (no, no music in there).</p><p></p><p>Edit: note everything in <strong>bold</strong> can be copy/pasted into Terminal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cradom, post: 1615967, member: 305283"] Highly unlikely. I just tried this on my wife's computer where I have an account and it said 3 bytes for 11 items so that didn't work :) Ok, since you don't use Mail and don't need to copy bookmarks we're going to delete the Library folder. We don't need to copy it. Open Terminal and type: [B]cd /Users/sammsousa[/B] That shouldn't give an error but if it does type: [B]sudo cd /Users/sammsousa[/B] It will ask for a password. Type in your login password for this account, not the bad one. It looks like nothing's happening but it is, you cant see the password going in. That's normal. Now type: [B]sudo rm -rf Library[/B] This will delete the Library folder (no, no music in there). Edit: note everything in [B]bold[/B] can be copy/pasted into Terminal. [/QUOTE]
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