Re: Simple AppleScript Error

In article 
<301cba75-2b47-45ba-a2c0-3c725f7301da@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 Raj <rajanikanth@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> Could somebody tell me why I get this error
> 
> Finder got an error: Can't get every file of folder "Applications" of
> startup.
> 
> when I run this script:

(snip)

Try this instead:

set appFolder to POSIX file "/Applications"
tell application "Finder"
     if appFolder exists then
          return count files in folder appFolder
     else
          return 0
     end if
end tell

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