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furycd001

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Mar 9, 2011
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Well i kind of decided to replace my finder icon [ manually ] :eek:

I kept the original icon safe & have all the usual backups. My problem is that even after deleting the replacement icon & pasting back my original finder icon, i cant get it to update back to the original in my dock. My dock still shows it as the deleted replacement icon :?

I have already tried:

Code:
sudo killall Dock

&

Code:
sudo killall Finder

But for some reason my dock still shows the replacement icon that i have already deleted & replaced back with the original...



Any ideas appreciated thanks :)

Apparently i need to locate & delete:

com.apple.dock.iconcache

Anyone care to help me locate this file, as i cant find it anywhere on my mac, even unlocking hidden files & folders doesn't help me locate or find it :?


Also now when i try to open certain folders, or plist files i get the error / dialog from whats showing below...

Screenshot2011-03-22at133559.png


Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.

_________________

Right ive booted in & out of safety but im still stuck :?
 
Last edited by a moderator:
...Fixed the problem

By locating "com.apple.iconcache" ...



Finding this file is certainly not easy when using "finder" or "spotlight" but just type some code into terminal & you've got the address to your file...

Code:
sudo find /private/var -name *iconcache*

...Delete your "com.apple.iconcache" file & then use one last piece of code to restart your dock

Code:
killall Dock
 
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