I'm using OSX 10.3.9
I accidentally deleted my desktop cache, and all of the desktop icons are now missing. The dock is still showing. What I don't have is my Finder. The Finder icon is in the dock but it doesn't open. Same with Trash. I can open all the other programs. The top menu of the Finder is gone too (the one that shows up upon restart) but I have the top menu when an application is open. I think I'm missing the Finder/Desktop cache or Preferences that I deleted by accident.
I tried the single user mode boot and ran the fsck -y command. After confirming the disk was fine, I tried the /sbin/mount -uw/ and got a Usage message.
I then used the rm command to remove the com.apple.finder.plist file, but it says that no such file or directory exists. However, I can still see this file through an application.
I tried the same for the com.apple.sidebarlists.plist file, and it asked if an override was okay. We said yes, rebooted, and nothing seemingly happened.
We also tried to run OnyX, which says that all the plist files are okay.
Any ideas? Please? Pretty please?
I accidentally deleted my desktop cache, and all of the desktop icons are now missing. The dock is still showing. What I don't have is my Finder. The Finder icon is in the dock but it doesn't open. Same with Trash. I can open all the other programs. The top menu of the Finder is gone too (the one that shows up upon restart) but I have the top menu when an application is open. I think I'm missing the Finder/Desktop cache or Preferences that I deleted by accident.
I tried the single user mode boot and ran the fsck -y command. After confirming the disk was fine, I tried the /sbin/mount -uw/ and got a Usage message.
I then used the rm command to remove the com.apple.finder.plist file, but it says that no such file or directory exists. However, I can still see this file through an application.
I tried the same for the com.apple.sidebarlists.plist file, and it asked if an override was okay. We said yes, rebooted, and nothing seemingly happened.
We also tried to run OnyX, which says that all the plist files are okay.
Any ideas? Please? Pretty please?