How do I disable finder from opening a new window upon mount?

When an external drive is mounted (such as an iPod in disk mode) Finder opens a new window showing the root of the new drive.
I realise why this happens, but is there any way of disabling this feature?.
Cheers,
Ebsy

It seems that there is a special flag that can be set or cleared on the volume to control that behavior. There is an Apple developer article about it, with source code, that might help.
http://developer.apple.com/qa/qa2005/qa1449.html
I have to believe that someone has packaged up that code into a utility that can be found.

Similar Messages

  • How do I stop finder from opening a new window every time I download an image (drag and drop)?

    Before I updated my computer I could drag and drop a new image from the internet to wherever I wanted on the desktop. Now when I download a new image from the internet it opens the "Desktop" finder windo. Also it systematically downloads the new image to be placed underneath the last downloaded/organized file. How do I stop it from doing both of these things?

    Try relaunching the Finder > Relaunch Finder… from the Mac OS X Finder

  • How do I stop Firefox from opening a new window when I go to a search item?

    When I do a search, and click on a topic, Firefox opens a new window on the tool bar at the bottom of my screen. How can I stop this from happening?

    I'm guessing you use Google for search. There is a setting in Google search to open each result in a new window. (When you use tabbed browsing, that means each result opens in a new tab.) You can check on whether you have that setting turned on as follows:
    On a Google results page, click the button on the right side with the "gear" icon, then click Search Settings from the drop-down list. At the bottom of the page is the setting to open results in a new window.
    Is that the culprit?

  • Can't disable finder folders open in new window

    In Finder Prefs I changed it to always open folders in new window. Later I decided to switch it back so I unchecked it. It still opens folders in a new window. Obviously, I've tried several times, restarted many times, etc.  Suggestions?

    Exactly. Since the OS stores all code that runs the machine in RAM, you need to restart any app that you make changes to for it to use the new settings. Since the Finder is always running (it operates the Desktop and other things), relaunching via the Dock option forces it to dump its code from RAM and repopulating it with the new settings.

  • How to Stop the Iview from Opening a New Window automatically

    Hi
    I have imported a BW roles that has 3 folders for different reports into the portal.
    I would like the reports to display in a new window and have set the paramater "Launch in New Window" = "Display in New Window".
    I have also set the parameter "Initial State Open or Closed" = "Close".
    When I click on one of the tabs (represented by the role folder) the first report automatically opens in a new window.
    I would only like this report to open when the user clicks on the report in the folder.  Can anyone advise on any other setting that needs to be made?
    Many thanks....

    Yes, the the Default Entry for Folder property is set to NO.
    The first report in the folder still automatically launches a new window for the report.
    There does not appear to be a setting "Clicking Folder Name Launches First Node" for the folder. 
    As a workaround I have created a page and added the following 2 settings.
    1. Invisible in Navigation Areas = Yes.
    2. Default entry for folder = Yes.
    I would prefer to avoid this workaround so if anyone can provide any help it would be appreciated.
    Thanks
    Ian

  • I often launch Firefox from the command line or LaunchBar. How do I prevent Firefox from opening a new window with my homepage along with a separate window with the location I intended to open?

    Macbook Pro i7 17"

    It's a bug on Mac.
    [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=531552 Bug 531552] - Firefox 3.6b opens two windows when opening external links
    (please do not comment in bug reports)

  • How do I disable safari from opening up automatically when booting up

    How do I disable Safari from opening up when I turn on my laptop?

    Quit it before logging out, and ensure that neither it nor anything which may launch it is in the list of login items for your user account.
    (69574)

  • How do I get firefox to open a new window when i click on a link in a webpage ?

    When I click on a link in a webpage in Firefox, generally it opens the new page in the window i am in (though some times it does not). How do I get it to open a new window (or tab) each time I click a link.
    For example, on www.bbc.co.uk if I click on a link, the new page opens in the same window, if I then click another link in the new window, again, it opens in the same window. To get back to the original window, I have to use the back button twice. Surely there is a setting so that all 3 windows can be open on separate tabs or separate windows.
    I have been to the tabs window in options, but doesn't seem to make a difference.

    Open link/bookmark in new tab in same window:
    *Middle-click (press the mouse scroll wheel) the link
    *Ctrl+left click the link
    *right-click the link, choose "Open Link in New Tab"
    Open link/bookmark in new window:
    * Shift+Enter on the link
    * Shift+left click on the link
    See: http://www.7is7.com/software/firefox/shortcuts.html

  • Launch Finder Without Opening a New Window

    Hello,
    I'm making an application that resizes the icons on the desktop, and I would like to know if it's possible to launch the the Finder without it automatically opening a new Finder window.
    My, Applescripts look something like this right now..
    on «event coVScliI» theObject
    (do shell script "defaults write com.apple.finder DesktopViewOptions -dict IconSize -integer 70")
    (do shell script "killall Finder")
    tell application "Finder"
    activate
    end tell
    end «event coVScliI»
    The reason for my killing the Finder in the first place is because it needs to be restarted for the changes to take affect.

    Hi,
    If you don't mind using [GUI Scripting|http://www.macosxautomation.com/applescript/uiscripting/index.html], then the following script should relaunch the Finder without opening any new window (at least it does on Mac OS X 10.6.2) :
    tell application "Finder" to activate
    tell application "System Events"
    key code 53 using {option down, command down} -- ⌥⌘⎋
    click (row 1 of table 1 of scroll area 1 of window 1 of process "loginwindow" whose value of text field 1 is "Finder")
    keystroke return
    keystroke return
    keystroke "w" using command down -- ⌘W
    end tell
    (If the script doesn't work properly on your computer, first try adding a “delay” statement before the problematic line of code, for example “delay 0.2”.)

  • Disable Last tabs opened in new window

    I have the "Show my windows and tabs from last time " option enable, but I would like to only have the tabs from the last window closed, so when I start firefox, I get my last tabs from my "last session" and when I create a new window using ctrl + N, I have just a blank page waiting to be used, instead of a bunch of last tabs I opened from another x session.

    Thanks both for the help, actually, it does not matter if I close all windows before the last one with my desired tabs opened, I figured out that every time I open a new window when the first one is already opened ( again with my desired last session tabs) the new window always features the following: a gmail tab and next a blank tab.
    Actually I would like just the blank tab, if that's possible I would like to know how to set it that way.
    Thanks again!

  • How do I change firefox to open a new window when I start it several times instead of opening a new tab when I want to go to a different location?

    I want to go to several different websites at the same time. I want to compare the information on each site. I do not want to open a tab, I want a whole new window. How do I change firefox so it will open a new window instead of opening a new tab and then requesting the site I want to go to?

    In Windows XP I am able to right click a link and get an option to open it as a new Firefox window
    *'''tear off tabs'''
    You will probably note tabs can be dragged along the tab toolbar, they also tear off. You can click a tab and drag it off the browser onto the Windows Desktop where it will open as a new window, or drag it on to another open browser window.
    An alternative is to click the tab and drag it down, again it will then open in a new Window.

  • How do you make a button open a new window?

    I am trying to create an action that opens a new window but cannot figure out how to do it. Does anybody have any help with where to start?

    Select a View-based Application give the name as Button & add a new file give the name SecondViewController,
    Write the following code in Button.m
    Import your SecondViewController , By writing statement
    #import "SecondViewController.h"
    - (void)viewDidLoad {
        [super viewDidLoad];
              UIButton *btnObj = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect];
              btnObj.frame = CGRectMake(40, 40, 70, 50);
              [btnObj setTitle:@"CLICK" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
              [btnObj addTarget:self action:@selector(nextView) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
              [self.view addSubview:btnObj];
              //[btnObj release];
    -(void)nextView{
              SecondViewController *secObj = [[SecondViewController alloc]initWithNibName:@"SecondViewController" bundle:nil];
              [self presentModalViewController:secObj animated:YES];

  • Finder search opening in new window and sidebar gone

    Hi, just wondering if anyone could shed some light on this cause I'm quite lost.
    First of when hitting Command-F in the Finder it opens up in a new window, I'm pretty sure it didn't do this before. Opening folders does not open in new windows. Using the "Go" menu also has the same behaviour. However it's not really a big issue.
    Secondly and this is what's irritating me the most, the sidebar disappears when doing this. Toggling the sidebar and closing the window and starting a new search makes no difference, still no sidebar.
    I have done some pretty major changes to my system recently, and even if I don't really see why it would have effects like this (havn't noticed any other changes). What I have done is that I have moved /Users/* to a separate volume and is mounting the volume as /Users using fstab.
    I tried experimenting a little with com.apple.finder.plist and removing the file (i.e. letting finder recreate), this caused the sidebar to appear, however adding:
    <key>CreateDesktop<key>
    <false />
    Made it disappear again, freaky if you ask me... I have had the desktop off for ages without any problems so don't see why it wont work any longer. Or if it only has to do with this key and not also others.
    Property list is here (for one month) if it helps: http://pastebin.com/TYGsWj9T

    Okay, this is wierd (and embarrasing), everything suddenly started working again after days of not working... Did nothing I can think of, only thing that I have done actively is that I have defaulted property list and restarted Finder multiple times. I even reverted back to the old property list and it still worked, maybe some cache problem? (which I didn't think of till now) but otherwise I don't know, thanks for reading my question at least .

  • How do I disable Firefox from opening at login

    I unclick the option that tells firefox to NOT open at login, but when I log back on, it opens again and shows the 'open at login' option as 'clicked'
    How do I disable?
    thx

    See:
    * https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Firefox+launches+automatically+when+your+computer+starts

  • How do I prevent TextEdit from opening a new page?

    I do a lot of editing of text docs and every time I open TextEdit it opens a new doc when I want to just open the doc I'm after. Then I have to close both of them.  This gets annoying when editing several docs.  Is there any way to turn off the new doc? I don't see that option in the menu or preferences.

    Sorry, but there's no way to suppress that I can find. You might want to consider another text editor. I use TextWrangler, freeware from the people who make BBEdit, and it has a setting to do nothing on launch. Lots of additional capabilities as well.
    Regards.

Maybe you are looking for