Desktop displayed twice in load/save dialog??

[advres]

OK,

So I recently got a corrupt user account while using FileVault. I have since banished the offending app and fixed my user account. Learn from my mistakes "AVOID FILEVAULT LIKE THE PLAGUE"!

Now, I have noticed something weird. When I try to load/save/import/yada, yada, yada I get 2 desktops in the left pain of my dialog boxes. The upper one I can not click on and seems to just be an icon that is unselectable but the second one down is the direct link to my desktop. Has anyone seen this or have heard anything about it? I am pretty handy with Macs for I have been using them for quite I long time and this is new to me. Help a brother out.

 

[MisterMe]

OK,

So I recently got a corrupt user account while using FileVault. I have since banished the offending app and fixed my user account. Learn from my mistakes "AVOID FILEVAULT LIKE THE PLAGUE"!

Now, I have noticed something weird. When I try to load/save/import/yada, yada, yada I get 2 desktops in the left pain of my dialog boxes. The upper one I can not click on and seems to just be an icon that is unselectable but the second one down is the direct link to my desktop. Has anyone seen this or have heard anything about it? I am pretty handy with Macs for I have been using them for quite I long time and this is new to me. Help a brother out.

The Desktop is a special folder, but it is just a folder. You may have accidentally created an alias for the Desktop folder. You may have also accidentally dragged your Desktop or that of another user to your sidebar. On the other hand, gremlins may have added the second Desktop to your account. Whatever happened, just drag the inoperable Desktop from the side bar and be done with it.

 

[advres]

The Desktop is a special folder, but it is just a folder. You may have accidentally created an alias for the Desktop folder. You may have also accidentally dragged your Desktop or that of another user to your sidebar. On the other hand, gremlins may have added the second Desktop to your account. Whatever happened, just drag the inoperable Desktop from the side bar and be done with it.

That sounds fine in theory but like I said before, it is not in every finder window. I think I am smart enough to figure that one out for myself.

The problem I am having and the reason for me being stumped is because it is only in the load/save dialog box. Like if I were to press command+s right now in safari I would see the double desktop but if I clicked my desktop and hit command+shift+A to get to my Applications folder it will not be there. This does not only happen when I use shortcuts either, it happens all the time.

I am stumped!

 

[wrldwzrd89]

OK,

So I recently got a corrupt user account while using FileVault. I have since banished the offending app and fixed my user account. Learn from my mistakes "AVOID FILEVAULT LIKE THE PLAGUE"!

Now, I have noticed something weird. When I try to load/save/import/yada, yada, yada I get 2 desktops in the left pain of my dialog boxes. The upper one I can not click on and seems to just be an icon that is unselectable but the second one down is the direct link to my desktop. Has anyone seen this or have heard anything about it? I am pretty handy with Macs for I have been using them for quite I long time and this is new to me. Help a brother out.

Sounds like your ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.sidebarlists.plist file is corrupt. Trash it, then log out and back in and see if all is normal.

 

[advres]

Sounds like your ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.sidebarlists.plist file is corrupt. Trash it, then log out and back in and see if all is normal.

You are the F*cking Man!! Thanks! I have trashed prefs for other things before but didn't even think of doing it in this situation.

Thanks again!