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I'm trying to use a script to rename a text file in the applications folder. I'm trying the following

tell application "Finder"



    set name of file "File.txt" of applications folder to "File.txt.OFF"



end tell

But this gives an error:

Can’t get file "Text.txt" of applications folder.

Its definitely in there and called that (it's a copy and paste). I then tried removing the folder bit:

set name of file "File.txt" of applications to "File.txt.OFF"

But got another error:

Finder got an error: Can’t set every application to "Text.txt.OFF".

Any help would be much appreciated.

Cheers

applications folder in Finder terminology does not point to the standard folder /Applications. It seems to be a legacy reference to some pre OS X item.

Try this, but you might not have permission to change the name and you are discouraged anyway from putting arbitrary data like text files into /Applications

set applicationsFolder to path to applications folder

tell application "Finder"

    set name of file "File.txt" of applicationsFolder to "File.txt.OFF"

end tell

or use System Events

tell application "System Events"

    set name of file "File.txt" of applications folder of local domain to "File.txt.OFF"

end tell