Deleting the plist finally got rid of the Sidebar items that refused to die.

Many thanks, Ronda!

On 01/05/2011, at 12:53 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

> Hi Ray,
> 
> Try a “click and hold” (that is press but DO NOT RELEASE the mouth button), 
> and then drag the offending folder icon out of the Sidebar to the Desktop, 
> and release the mouse button. The item should then go “poof” and be gone. 
> 
> If that doesn’t work you can delete the Sidebar preference plist to return it 
> to the default state. Remove this file:
> 
> /Users/yourname/Library/Preferences/com.apple.sidebarlists.plist
> 
> Then log out and back in, restart, or relaunch the Finder. 
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7
> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
> 
> OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard
> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)

Regards,

Ray Forma
Mob +61 (0) 428 596938




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