removing ".ds store" icon on desktop

[fairlyg]

How I made it appear there I dont know. I followed Mac's website advice on keeping the ".ds_store" files from being created again but am still left with an icon on the desktop. If I put it in the trash, it reappears, with a copy left in the trash. If I try to put it into something else, a message pops up saying it "cannot be replaced because it is invisible." Anybody else ever see this or have advice??

 

[richard.mac]

seems you have hidden files enabled in Finder! look at the link below to find out how to disable hidden files.

http://lifehacker.com/software/command-line/show-hidden-files-in-finder-188892.php

 

[fairlyg]

Thanks...but it won't leave

Im did as you mentioned, actually I downloaded the Show/Hide File software which seemed way too easy. The .ds_store is still on the desktop. Also, when I use Finder to look around, I see a ".localized", a ".cups" a ".CFUser textEncoding" and it made my trash into ".trash"

What the heck did I do last night?

 

[fairlyg]

Wait, I did hide them all

I finally went thorough terminal and did the kill all finder routine. But what would of made all those little files show up?

 

[richard.mac]

so "killall Finder" (relaunches the Finder process) did the trick? maybe you inadvertently enabled hidden files with an applications and you didnt notice? im not sure.

 

[alexoben]

I bet you this is what happened:

Somehow you had hidden files set to show
Your desktop froze (not finder entirely, just your desktop. happens to me a lot)
When you disabled hidden files, they appeared to still be there.

Killing finder would restart the desktop.