[X4U] .DS_Store Icon Differs on Two Computers

Eddie Hargreaves meged at earthlink.net
Thu Dec 23 13:20:03 PST 2004


.DS_Store files are not associated with any application. They are supposed
to be invisible. You have probably enabled an option to show all invisible
files in the Finder using a program like TinkerTool, Cocktail or Onyx.

On 12/23/04 12:58 PM, Rick Gordon <rick at rickgordon.com> wrote:

> On one computer, the .DS_Store icon is associated as a UNIX executable file;
> on the other it shows a default document icon. (Invisibles are not hidden.)
> Neither one shows itself to be associated with any program in Get Info, so
> what is the deal here? Just for the sake of looks, I'd rather have it show
> with the UNIX executable file icon.
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