[bojangles]

I have my 30G hard drive partitioned seven ways, but for some reason, when my computer starts up, they come up in a seemingly random order. I know that I once wrote an AppleScript to fix this problem automatically (I've long since lost it; it wasn't even on this HD), but I can't seem to duplicate it. Here's some of the things I've already tried:

set position of startup disk to {1219, 28}
This returns: "Finder got an error: This window is the wrong kind (e.g. pop-up vs. normal) to use this command"

set position of icon of startup disk to {1219, 28}
This returns: "Finder got an error: Can't set position of icon of startup disk to {1219, 28}."

set location of startup disk to {1219, 28}
This returns: "Finder got an error: Can't set location of startup disk to {1219, 28}."

set location of icon of startup disk to {1219, 28}
This returns: "Finder got an error: Can't set location of icon of startup disk to {1219, 28}."

move startup disk to {1219, 28}
This returns: "Finder got an error: Invalid key form."

move icon of startup disk to {1219, 28}
This returns: "Finder got an error: Invalid key form."

(Changing "startup disk" to 'disk "Mac OS 9.0.4"' doesn't help anything.)

Any ideas?!?

try

select disk "blah"
set position of selection to {1219, 28}

Recording it should reveal the required syntax

If you've set the Finder to snap icons into place, you need something like this wrap for your script:

--put this at the top of the script
set viewVar to (spatial view arrangement of desktop)
set spatial view arrangement of desktop to not arranged

--your stuff

--put this near the bottom of the script
set spatial view arrangement of desktop to viewVar

[bojangles]

Recording it doesn't work. (That was the first thing I tried.) It records, but it won't play back correctly. I did, however, finally figure it out:

select disk "blah"
move selection to desktop positioned at {1219, 28}

Thanks again for your help!