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 MacTown 1041 Bardstown Road Louisville, KY 40204 502-485-1243 ward at mactown.us http://www.mactown.us From: Dan Crutcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 >> >> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be April 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >> > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be April 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be April 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20040402/d2e372f5/attachment.html
