Duplicate Folders in Finder sidebar

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Duplicate Folders in Finder sidebar

I recently installed clamav on my imac (leopard) and have had some problems. Initially it slowed it slowed the computer to a crawl. I was able to uninstall it but realized that since the install, I now have two of everything in my finder sidebar ie .. documents, pictures, music,...

I have verified disk permissions and no problems found. I have "removed from sidebar" in the finder menu but after a restart the duplicates all reappear.

Does anybody have any insights to this problem?

Any help would be appreciated.

iMac (intel), Mac OS X (10.5.1), less then a year old

Posted on Feb 12, 2008 8:14 PM

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petrock

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Feb 12, 2008 9:06 PM in response to digigdawg

Sounds like your sidebar plist is hose. Navigate into /Users//Library/Preferences and move com.apple.sidebarlists.plist to the trash and then reboot. When the Finder comes back up, it should be fixed. Good luck...

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digigdawg Author

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Feb 13, 2008 5:40 AM in response to petrock

Thanks for the help

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digigdawg Author

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Feb 13, 2008 5:41 AM in response to digigdawg

Thanks it worked

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digigdawg Author

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Feb 18, 2008 5:44 AM in response to digigdawg

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digigdawg Author

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Feb 18, 2008 5:42 AM in response to digigdawg

I thought it was fixed but the problem happens nearly every time I restart now. The Mac is also acting very sluggish. Keep getting ACL found but not expected errors... usually on applications folder.

Here is a new one

ACL found but not expected on ".".

Does anybody know what may be causing this.

steps tried to fix
followed steps as recommended in post

I had recently updated (auto) and then downloaded the combo installer and reinstalled update.

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