Ward: I tried your sequence and it does work for new windows opened in the Finder (using Apple-N). However, it doesn't work for my hard drive. No matter what I try, when I double-click it after a shut down, restart or log-out, it reverts to icon view -- and it won't even hold a particular icon arrangement.
Dan > Hi Dan . . and Marta, > > Assuming that corrupt preference files are not the issue, its > relatively easy to preserve the view and position of your finder > window. > > To begin, close all open finder windows. ?Then open a new finder > window, click your preferred view and drag the window to the preferred > location on your desktop. ?You may resize as well. ?BUT REFRAIN FROM > CLICKING ANY ICONS WITHIN THE WINDOW. ?Immediately close the window > and create a new window. ?The new window should appear in the same > location, with the same size and view as your prior window. ?This will > be preserved even after a reboot. > > You may also reference the following tech doc. > http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106898 > > Even though this document specifies only OS X versions prior to > Jaguar, it applies to Jaguar and Panther as well. > > Ward > > Ward Oldham, MacDude > MacTown > 1041 Bardstown Road > Louisville, KY ?40204 > 502-485-1243 > ward at mactown.us > http://www.mactown.us | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be April 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
