[Simon Young]

Quick - and probably stupid - question here. I'd like to be able to easily reset all of the Finder's window positions. Is the best way to do this:

- do a search for invisible files called .DS_Store
- select all
- delete

Sorry for my ignorance, but the answer to this one's been evading me.

Cheers,

Si

[Developer]

Just try it out and report the results.

[wunderkind]

Use OnyX - there's such option in "Finder" tab.

[Dale Sorel]

I've done it with Cocktail with no adverse results, YMMV

[CharlesS]

You'll lose a bunch of folder window settings and icon positions. Other than that, it shouldn't do much harm.

[Simon Young]

So which of the two - OnyX and Cocktail - would people here recommend? I downloaded both, but don't want to install either until I'm sure it's worth it (just did a fresh install of everything, and don't want to balls something up already!).

I am prepared to pay the $10 for Cocktail though, if it's really worth it.

[someone_else]

You can do this simple task for free from the Terminal.

First, create a new text only file, then paste in the following:

Code:
#!/bin/sh

PATH=/bin:/usr/bin

find "$@" -type f -name .DS_Store -print0 | xargs -0 rm

Save the text file as rmdstore, then change the perms (using Terminal) so you can execute it:

chmod 755 ~/rmdstore

Now, you can run the command from terminal with any folder as an argument. I.E to remove all DS_Store files in your home folder:

~/rmdstore ~

Or from the whole system:

sudo ~/rmdstore /

HTH.

[CharlesS]

^ ^ Be careful with the command entered above. One typo can cause a lot more files to get deleted than the ones you intended...

[rjenkinson]

Originally posted by someone_else:
You can do this simple task for free from the Terminal...

...or you could use the find command search for invisible files containing "DS". select all of them and move them to the trash. much easier and faster than writing a script. (it's also what the original poster recommended.)

-r.

[cdhostage]

Don't pay for Cocktail. That sort of program exists only to capitalize on people who haven't yet learned to use their computers. <And for neat freaks like me who want everything to be tidy even if problems are not immediately apparent >

Onyx will do what you want here. You DON'T need to delete all .DS_Store files. Just set all windows to follow the same sorting rules (I do it by kind) and everything will be easily found. If you are scrambling for space, you have a bigger problem at hand.