.DS_Store file keeps appearing on desktop

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.DS_Store file keeps appearing on desktop

As subject suggests, I'm not sure what I did to make this happen but I can even drag to trash and within a few seconds another .DS_Store pops up in its place. Any thought on what's causing this or how to stop it?

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)

Posted on Apr 27, 2014 12:06 PM

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andyBall_uk

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Apr 27, 2014 12:10 PM in response to Summit

Copy the following line

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles NO; killall Finder

Open Terminal, from /Applications/Utilities & paste it in, then press Enter

Finder should relaunch, & hopefully you'll see no more of those files.

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