[mshuk]

I am a relatively new switcher & I want to learn applescript. I bought Sal Soghoian and Bill Cheeseman's book Apple Training Series: AppleScript 1-2-3. Script 1.4 tells me to enter tell application "Finder" to get the name of the front Finder window. It compiles ok, but when I run it I get applescript error Finder got an error: Can't get Finder window 1. The book shows the result as "Macintosh HD" I would be very grateful if somebody could tell me why this is so. Many thanks.

[larkost]

Could it be that when you ran it there were no open windows in the finder?

[mshuk]

Excellent. Many thanks larkost. Noobie mindset. Because there was a blue light beneath the Finder icon I thought the finder was running. It was but I as you say I didn't have a Finder window open.

Quest to complete AppleScript enlightenment continues. Once again many thanks.