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Kill Finder

applescript based utility to force relaunch Finder

Version: 0.1b

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Surely the OS does this already?

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Contributed by: Shark Attack Design Wednesday, September 12 2007 @ 04:21 AM PDT

Product Platform: MacOSX

Used Product For: Have Not Tried

Recommend Product: NO

Maybe I'm missing something obvious here, but if I need to relaunch the finder, I already have two very simple methods at my disposal, built right into OS X:

1. Cmd-Alt-Escape, or
2. Call up Activity Monitor and choose the Finder in its list of processes, and click on Force Quit.

I suppose that the finder might be SO completely frozen that I am prevented from performing either of those two actions, but in that case I'm not sure how I would be able to access an applescript either.

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Surely the OS does this already? - monkeys.steal.my.boxers

On my computer, the Finder crashes, probably 50% of the time cmd-alt-escape doesn't work, right clicking on "force quit" doesn't work. And finding the application in Activity Monitor takes too long.

I keep this script right next to Finder, so when Finder freezes, I can just click on this app. But you're right, if Finder freezes, and this isn't in your dock, then the only other way to open it is through spotlight.

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Sunday, September 23 2007 @ 09:27 PM PDT