At 09:08 -0800 1/5/07, Eddie Hargreaves wrote: >Yes, the Finder's inability to update its info is very annoying. tell application "Finder" tell front window update every file end tell end tell tell front window of application "Finder" to update every file I keep this around in a BBEdit worksheet so I can select and ENTER it. osascript << ENDSCRIPT tell front window of application \"Finder\" to update every file ENDSCRIPT But it should be possible to create an executable AppleScript application that can be double clicked using Script Editor. (Well. . . I'm worried that the double click might change the front window.) -- Applescript syntax is like English spelling: Roughly, though not thoroughly, thought through.