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Mork

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Jan 9, 2009
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All of a sudden on the desktop a .DS_Store file appears.

If I delete it, then in a few seconds another one gets created.

This is a new Lion issue.

How do I stop this crazy "hidden-but-shows anyway" automated file creation?

Thanks,
 
type this in terminal:

Code:
defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles NO

and then type:

Code:
killall Finder

See if that works. If not then maybe logging out or restarting might help.
 
type this in terminal:

Code:
defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles NO

and then type:

Code:
killall Finder

See if that works. If not then maybe logging out or restarting might help.

Yes, that was it. THANK YOU!!! :)

-- M
 
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