System Preferences into trash

Richard Segedi wrote:
Hi JP. I figured out what he's doing. If you click on the Apple discussions page and then hit the "get info" key combo you'll see what he's seeing.

Rick

Good sleuthing Rick 🙂 Whoda thunk some sort of double entry would end up so complicated. 😟

Do this, drag the one without the black arrow in the corner into the Applications folder, replacing the alias. Then try again. If you need a visual guide (to make sure) just email me, its my username and I have a MobileMe account(@me.com).

I think that somehow you are clicking on the wrong thing. So let's do this instead.

Drag the System Prefs icon that;s on your desktop into the Applications Folder. Do that and let me know what comes up.

Rick

Richard Segedi wrote:
Drag the System Prefs icon that;s on your desktop into the Applications Folder. Do that and let me know what comes up.

Rick

Basically what I said 😉 .

Are you the only user of the computer? I want to know before we change (and maybe repair) the permissions.

srojtas wrote:
If you need a visual guide (to make sure) *just email me*, its my username and I have a MobileMe account(@me.com).

Hi srojtas, Let's keep it all here so all can contribute and see what finally works. 🙂

"Basically what I said." That happens all the time. Rick was typing while you posted.

OK, I'll post some photos on my website. I'll post the link, when its up...

OK, open Disk Utility which is in your Utilities folder, which is in your Applications folder, select your disk (HD), and click on "Repair Permissions". Wait until its completed.

O.K. David. That means you don't have an administrator's account. You can't change anything in that folder. My guess is that your nephew has such an account and that means that he will have to do it. In the meantime, maybe you can just put that icon in a corner of the desktop and live with it until he can come by and either get rid of it or move it where it's supposed to be. If it turns out that it is the working System Preferences, you would not be able to trash it without a password anyway. Sorry 😟

Rick

Richard,

The OP posted the following:

+Yes, if you mean what they call the administrator as this is my computer.+

I am guessing the OP has a admin account.

While repairing permissions? Also, please give a bit of more info, so we can "visualize" your problem.

srojtas

Hi srojtas,

Not necessarily. He made reference to his nephew who was helping him and I suspect that the nephew is the guy who set him up.If so he may have set himself as admin so that David, who's a beginner, can't do anything harmful. That's what I'd do. In any case, having that file on the desktop may be an annoyance but not really a big deal. Nevertheless, I wouldn't try to get rid of it without knowing for sure that it's just a duplicate or alias. He has no backups.

Rick