Accidentally dragged Applications folder to trash - Now I can't update apps

This might seem really obvious but I thought I would make the suggestion anyway!

Are you sure you dragged the Applications folder back to the right spot?? It should be in the Macintosh HD folder.

Just a humble thought!

iMac 20" Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Pete, if you do something like that and notice it immediately you can go to the Finder's Edit menu bar item and select "Undo" (Command-Z). This only works if you haven't done some other Finder operation. Also, moving the Apps folder into the trash, then back might have goofed up some permissions: do GetInfo on your Applications folder, you should have Read & Write permissions, but the actual owner should be system, group admin (click the Details triangle to check). Just for luck you could still launch Disk Utility and repair permissions. That might fix your problem.
Francine


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There are two Applications folders possible, one at the level you see when you open the hard drive icon (the same place where the System and Library folders are) and a second one in the user home folder. Your main Applications folder should NOT go there--if that's where you put it, then that is the cause of your problems. Move back to the base level of the drive. When you open the drive it should look something like this:

Applications
Documents
Library
System
Users

The exact list of folders can vary, depending on whether you have Classic installed or have added other folders you want all users to have access to.
Francne


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Nope. However, you can create a new admin user account, log into it, and see if the problem's fixed. If so, then you have corruption/confliction within the original account, usually between preference files, and that's something you'll have to resolve.

If the problem persists, I strongly advise updating to 10.4.9, using the COMBO updater (10.4.3 is a bit long in the tooth), then run Software Update to get any missing pieces. Before you do that, read the posts at http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=887915&tstart=0 That's simpler than reinstalling your applications.

Once you do that, see if the problem persists.

Yep. Major Applications goes into the root-level (what you see when you double-click your boot volume's icon—top, right-hand corner of the Desktop). Additionally, each user can install applications into their /User/username/Applications folder. That precludes others from using them.

Hi,

That is exactly what happened to me but with my Documents folder.
Suddenly the folder appeared in the trash can. I lost some of the files I had there, now it seems to be working normally. Does anybody has an idea of why that happened?
Thanks,

LBML

Pete, don't worry about it! Glad that you had a green star for redsgj, who figured out what must have happened, and glad things are working again.
Francine


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I get no financial compensation of any kind for the above advice, although I may be
receiving colored stars and/or credits to my Transcendent Karmic Balance Account.

If that's the case, then everything should work as before.

We weren't there, so it's impossible to tell what you did to cause that. IMHO, that never happens by itself.

On my Finder browser window I customized it so that the delete button on the top

So it's a self inflicted wound then?