Thanks, Ward, another droplet into my mac-tips bucket which I have set
up to hold the MacUser tips which are useful to me.
Marta
Heinzelm?nnchenk?nigin a.D.
On Apr 2, 2004, at 14:59, Ward Oldham wrote:
> Hi Dan . . and Marta,
>
> Assuming that corrupt preference files are not the issue, its
> relatively easy to preserve the view and position of your finder
> window.
>
> To begin, close all open finder windows. ?Then open a new finder
> window, click your preferred view and drag the window to the preferred
> location on your desktop. ?You may resize as well. ?BUT REFRAIN FROM
> CLICKING ANY ICONS WITHIN THE WINDOW. ?Immediately close the window
> and create a new window. ?The new window should appear in the same
> location, with the same size and view as your prior window. ?This will
> be preserved even after a reboot.
>
> You may also reference the following tech doc.
> http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106898
>
> Even though this document specifies only OS X versions prior to
> Jaguar, it applies to Jaguar and Panther as well.
>
> Ward
>
> Ward Oldham, MacDude
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>
>
>
>
> From: Dan Crutcher <dcrutcher at loumag.com>
> Reply-To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu
> Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 14:37:14 -0500
> To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu
> Subject: Re: MacGroup: Finder window views
>
> Marta:
>
> Yours works the way mine used to -- and that it's supposed to. I
> suspect there's some preference file somewhere that I need to delete,
> or that's not getting created or saved.
>
> The first time I open my HD icon, it's always in icon view, regardless
> of the view it was in when I last shut down or logged out.
>
> Anyone know which preference or plist file contains the information on
> Finder window view modes?
>
> > Dan, I can tell you how mine behaves, but cannot tell you why.
> > Alright, I have on my desktop upper right corner the HD icon and the
> > finder icon which sits in the dock. First the HD icon. It remembers
> > what I set it to, either icon, list or that middle thing which shows
> > the creation/modification of the file. It does this anytime I open
> it
> > after either by purely closing, restarting or after a shut-down. I
> > practiced several times to make sure. It opens on what it closes.
> ?Now
> > when I click on the finder icon in the dock, or on the "go" in the
> > menu bar, the side bar in all its glory shows up in the list view. I
> > have the preferences set to "home", so that is what it shows first,
> > but I set the preferences to the HD, to documents, it always shows
> up
> > in the list view. If I change the view while working with it, after
> > closing, shutting down or restarting, it goes back to the list view
> > when opened again.
> > Marta
> > On Mar 31, 2004, at 20:03, Dan Crutcher wrote:
> >
> >> I am almost sure that my Finder windows used to "remember" what
> view
> >> mode they were in between restarts (or log-in/outs), but now they
> >> don't.
> >>
> >> The first time I double-click my hard drive icon it always opens
> in a
> >> Finder window in "icon" view. I click on the little tool that
> changes
> >> it to "list" view. I close the window. If I click on it again
> during
> >> the same user session it opens back up in list view, just as I
> would
> >> it expect it to.
> >>
> >> However, if I shut down, restart, or log out, and then start up or
> >> log back in, and double-click on the hard drive icon, it once again
> >> opens up in icon view. Isn't it supposed to "remember" it's view
> mode
> >> between log ins or restarts? Is there some preference setting I'm
> >> missing that will force it to do so?
> >>
> >> Dan
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >
> >
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>
>
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