Created a symbolic link of Desktop

[greenland]

Here's what I used in terminal:

cp -Rp ~/Desktop /Volumes/Files
chmod -R -N ~/Desktop
rm -rf ~/Desktop
ln -s /Volumes/Files/Desktop ~/Desktop

Didn't work, caused errors. anyone know why?

 

[greenland]

So I fixed the problem.

But anyway, does anyone know why creating a symbolic link of the desktop to another location does not work??

Thanks

 

[larkost]

Here is a tip: "does not work" is a nearly worthless description of the problem you are/were having. You need to describe both the problem as you perceive it (and how you have decided that it is a problem in many cases). You have done the right thing in telling how you got to the point.

 

[kainjow]

Please don't start a new thread if you've posted elsewhere on the same topic.