Click on desktop icon brings up terminal

When I go to my user account and click on the "desktop" icon "terminal" pops up. How can I open the desktop? I am the admin. running 10.9.1

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I had a similar problem where it seemed that the right click was engaged and it kept highlighting everything. The battery casing was bowed and loose but I never thought that was a problem until I asked someone at the Apple Store. She recommended taking the battery out completly and running on AC power until I could afford to get a new battery. (I am using mine as a desktop cause the screen went out 3 years ago and I can't afford to get a new one.) Solved the problem immediately and I have not had an issue since. I hope this helps, it is worth a try. It got to the point with mine that I was forced to turn off the computer at the power button without properly shutting it down. It was basically unusable and I need my computer for school. This definately solved the problem. Good Luck.

I have been using firefox for some years but today I click my desktop icon and nothing happens

when clicking desktop icon firefox does not open. internet explorer is working ok

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.msi runs everytime user clicks the desktop icon

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Is their Windows Profile Being Recreated Each Time?
Put some junk on the desktop and verify the profile is not being reset
for some reason.
On 2/1/2011 12:36 PM, bkienzle wrote:
>
> We have been working on creating bundles to deploy small apps to our end
> users. We are on Zen 10.2.2, and have about 1500 users. I have been
> building apps in Adminstudio, and they deploy correctly. On some users
> PCs though, when they double click on the desktop icon that is created
> after the deploy, the .msi progress bar runs across the screen very
> quickly and then the application opens just fine. Is this normal? It
> only seems to happen after a restart or logout. If they close the app
> and reopen it, there is no progress bar. I'm new to creating bundles,
> so please let me know if you have any ideas. Thank you.
>
>
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Click on Finder icon, bring up FINDER

Hello,
My fiancee just got her first Mac. But for some reason, when she clicks on the "finder" icon in the dock, it does not bring up the finder window. It just takes her to the desktop. Any idea how to change this setting?
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-Dustin

Hmm. What exactly do you mean by "takes her to the desktop"? Does it hide all other programs? Does it open a Finder window displaying the items on the Desktop?
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It had very little battery life left when it changed,
although it was plugged in. Could that have had
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Hello Sunnyhood and welcome to discussions,
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Click once on the hard drive icon, then hold down the  key and then hit i
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Available XX
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The updater wasn't able to update all the files and some were left as older versions.
You need to do a clean reinstall.
Download a fresh Firefox copy and save the file to the desktop.
* Firefox 5.0.x: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html
* Uninstall your current Firefox version.
* Do not remove personal data when you uninstall the current version.
Remove the Firefox program folder before installing that newly downloaded copy of the Firefox installer.
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After Sleep clicking on desktop icons does not open Finder window

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Reset the SMC and PRAM, I'd recommend doing each reset 2X. Post back if the issue continues.
SMC RESET
Shut down the computer.
Unplug the computer's power cord and all peripherals.
Wait 15 seconds.
Attach the computers power cable.
Wait another 5 seconds and press the power button to turn on the computer.
PRAM RESET
Shut down the computer.
Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command, Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4.
Turn on the computer.
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I have to re-install Firefox everyday, when I click on the desktop icon, it does not open.

When i double click the desktop icon Firefox to open it, nothing happens. I have to install the program from the setup file again. This happens everyday, it used to only happen maybe once every 2-3 months, now it's all the time. Any advice?
Aaron

Please update to the current Firefox 25.0.1 release.
*Help > About Firefox
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/update-firefox-latest-version.
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Updating+Firefox
Download and save the Firefox installer to the desktop and start the installation with a double-click on the desktop icon.
You can find the full version of the latest Firefox 25.0.1 release in all languages and for all Operating Systems here:
*http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all.html
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Remove all rules for Firefox and the plugin-container from the permissions list in the firewall and let your firewall ask again for permission to get full unrestricted access to internet for Firefox and the plugin-container process and the updater process.
See:
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Server+not+found
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Firewalls
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/fix-problems-connecting-websites-after-updating

When I click the MFF desktop icon Firefox takes exactly 30 seconds to load, is that right?

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I have just installed Firefox and it takes 30s from clicking the desktop icon to loading the home page. Tabs only take about 2s, is this right?
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The answers you have got above are correct.
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The slow load time on a cold start is an old "classic" problem for FF.
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Is there any way to handle a user clicking the desktop icon? What I need to do is when the user clicks the desktop icon and if the app is already running (by means of icon in the system tray) then pop up the application and not start a new instance.
thanks
-Mike

Figured this out ....you need to handle the NativeApplication Invoke Event...
public function onApplicationComplete(event:Event):void
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public
function undock(evt:Event):void {
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-Mike

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