"Desktop" shows up 4 times in File-- Open sidebar
Hi,
Within the last week or so I have noticed that "Desktop" shows up 4 times in the places sidebar when I go to File --> Open from any program. In finder itself I don't have "Desktop" in the places sidebar at all. I thought Spaces could be the culprit, since I have four desktops; so I disabled spaces, and the annoyance remained. So if anyone has seen or had this happen to them, and fixed it, that would great.
Thanks
Here is a screen capture of problem...
http://web.me.com/joshua.evans/screen.png
Hard to tell why this is happening. It would seem that you have dragged the Desktop folder into the sidebar several times. Just select it and drag it out of the sidebar. Do this for the three extra copies.
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