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Re: Open Desktop folder as Finder window?

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In article <55c231d9$0$36595$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>, Patty Winter
<patty1@wintertime.com> wrote:

> In article <040820151201132240%michelle@michelle.org>,
> Michelle Steiner  <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
> >In article <55c1088e$0$36565$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>, Patty Winter
> ><patty1@wintertime.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Also, I just found myself having to open the Downloads folder, so it's
> >> easier for me to just remember one set of keystrokes to accompany my
> >> trackpad action that I can use for any window. But thanks to CB for the
> >> shortcut.
> >
> >I just click on the downloads folder in the Dock.
> 
> Michelle, what did you do to your Finder preferences such that a single
> click opens the Downloads folder into a Finder window? That's the solution
> I've been after during this whole discussion! I thought it had disappeared
> from recent versions of OS X.

I misunderstood you.  But you can do it with two clicks; right-click
(or two-finger click with a trackpad) on the Downloads folder in the
Dock, and choose the Open item at the bottom of the popup menu.

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Open Desktop folder as Finder window? patty1@sonic.net (Patty Winter) - 2015-07-28 02:12 +0000
  Re: Open Desktop folder as Finder window? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-07-27 22:37 -0400
    Re: Open Desktop folder as Finder window? Alan Baker <email@domain.com> - 2015-07-27 20:09 -0700
    Re: Open Desktop folder as Finder window? billy@MIX.COM - 2015-07-28 03:32 +0000
      Re: Open Desktop folder as Finder window? Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2015-07-29 01:47 +0000
        Re: Open Desktop folder as Finder window? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-07-29 18:11 +1200
          Re: Open Desktop folder as Finder window? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-07-29 06:37 +0000
  Re: Open Desktop folder as Finder window? cb <cb@aol.com> - 2015-08-04 00:27 +0200
    Re: Open Desktop folder as Finder window? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-03 22:48 +0000
      Re: Open Desktop folder as Finder window? Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2015-08-04 18:46 +0000
        Re: Open Desktop folder as Finder window? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-08-04 12:01 -0700
          Re: Open Desktop folder as Finder window? Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2015-08-05 15:55 +0000
            Re: Open Desktop folder as Finder window? Alan Baker <email@domain.com> - 2015-08-05 09:06 -0700
              Re: Open Desktop folder as Finder window? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-08-05 09:32 -0700
            Re: Open Desktop folder as Finder window? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-08-05 09:31 -0700
              Re: Open Desktop folder as Finder window? Alan Baker <email@domain.com> - 2015-08-05 09:32 -0700
        Re: Open Desktop folder as Finder window? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-08-05 09:19 +1200
    Re: Open Desktop folder as Finder window? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-08-04 13:18 +1200

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