On Nov 8, 2008, at 1:02 PM, Doug Burton wrote:
> > > On Nov 8, 2008, at 11:21 AM, Dan wrote: > >> >> At 7:38 PM -0500 11/7/2008, Doug Burton wrote: >>> DA it's running 10.4.11 of course. >>> >>> To facilitate the volumes being mounted when starting Tiger I just >>> dragged the icon to the startup items list. >> >> Essentially, that put an alias to the volume in the startupitems >> folder. That alias was then *opened* by Finder - the same as a >> double-click action. So it is intended and expected that it would >> open the window. >> >> If you want the volume to mount on your desktop without opening the >> window, then you'll need to do just that -- actually mount the >> volume, not tell Finder mount and open it! Do that with a shell or >> applescript that runs disk utility. >> >> - Dan. > > Well, Bruce's script works, but it would be better if the windows > didn't open at all so I'll give that a shot. Thanks Dan. Nope, they still open, unless I read what you wanted me to do wrong. I read via google about opening a shared drive directly from the login items preference, but I could not find how to do that. Just a message from Doug... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
