Re: Stupid Mistake

In article <1aff9ddd-8ed6-4b92-9495-243e33eacc69@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
sunny <L230j@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

What I Was Trying to Do-- Delete a lot of duplicate and otherwise
unneeded files from a 500 GB USB external drive.

What I Did-- Opened the HD window in List View. Used two shortcuts
alternately several times to expand all folders and sub-folders. In
other words, I used 'All Files' (Command-a) and 'Expand
Folder' (Option-Command-Right Arrow) several times.

What I Learned-- (1) There are several hundred thousand files on the
drive. (2) The Collapse Folder shortcut (Command-Left Arrow) does not
work so I cannot restore the window to its prior state.

What I am Faced With-- After Finder opens the HD window, the 'pizza
wheel' continues to spin forever (hours and hours anyway) so it is not
possible to do anything with the files in the window. Furthermore, the
only way to close the window is to Force Quit the Finder.

What My Computer Is-- A Dual 2 GHz PowerPC G5 with 14 GB DDR2 SDRAM
running Mac OS X 10.5.6.

What I Need to Know-- (1) Is there a way to recover from this stupid
mistake on my part? (2) If there is, what do I need to know and do?
TIA

Go to that folder in Terminal and delete the .DS_Store file. Then
control-option-click (or option-right click) on the Finder's dock icon and
choose Relaunch. Next time you open the window, the subfolders should all be
closed.
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