# Whenever I open finder it will display in any space I go to. I only want it to display in the space I opened it in. I also use Total Finder

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**Category:** TotalSpaces\
**Created:** [July 23, 2018, 6:30pm UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/whenever-i-open-finder-it-will-display-in-any-space-i-go-to-i-only-want-it-to-display-in-the-space-i-opened-it-in-i-also-use-total-finder/6633 "2018-07-23T18:30:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![vbristow](https://discuss.binaryage.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/7ba0ec/32.png) [@vbristow](https://discuss.binaryage.com/u/vbristow)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2018, 6:30pm UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/whenever-i-open-finder-it-will-display-in-any-space-i-go-to-i-only-want-it-to-display-in-the-space-i-opened-it-in-i-also-use-total-finder/6633/1 "2018-07-23T18:30:16Z")

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Whenever I open finder it will display in any space I go to. I only want it to display in the space I opened it in. I also use Total Finder

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**Author:** ![stephen](https://discuss.binaryage.com/user_avatar/discuss.binaryage.com/stephen/32/2286_2.png) [@stephen](https://discuss.binaryage.com/u/stephen)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2018, 7:33pm UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/whenever-i-open-finder-it-will-display-in-any-space-i-go-to-i-only-want-it-to-display-in-the-space-i-opened-it-in-i-also-use-total-finder/6633/2 "2018-07-24T19:33:16Z")

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Perhaps Finder is assigned to all desktops? Please check in app preferences in TotalSpaces preferences.

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**Author:** ![vbristow](https://discuss.binaryage.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/7ba0ec/32.png) [@vbristow](https://discuss.binaryage.com/u/vbristow)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2018, 9:37pm UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/whenever-i-open-finder-it-will-display-in-any-space-i-go-to-i-only-want-it-to-display-in-the-space-i-opened-it-in-i-also-use-total-finder/6633/3 "2018-07-24T21:37:09Z")

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It is, but if I assign it to none then no desktop icons appear in any space, just blank wallpaper. If I assign it to any single space only that space will show the desktop icons. I might be crazy but I don’t believe I have ever seen this behavior before.

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**Author:** ![stephen](https://discuss.binaryage.com/user_avatar/discuss.binaryage.com/stephen/32/2286_2.png) [@stephen](https://discuss.binaryage.com/u/stephen)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 6:07am UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/whenever-i-open-finder-it-will-display-in-any-space-i-go-to-i-only-want-it-to-display-in-the-space-i-opened-it-in-i-also-use-total-finder/6633/4 "2018-07-25T06:07:39Z")

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I’ve not seen that either - you haven’t by any chance changed the com.apple.finder CreateDesktop setting?

Info here: [https://gist.github.com/drdrang/7f31cd032609e5e7657588ecfae91644](https://gist.github.com/drdrang/7f31cd032609e5e7657588ecfae91644)

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**Author:** ![vbristow](https://discuss.binaryage.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/7ba0ec/32.png) [@vbristow](https://discuss.binaryage.com/u/vbristow)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 2:58pm UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/whenever-i-open-finder-it-will-display-in-any-space-i-go-to-i-only-want-it-to-display-in-the-space-i-opened-it-in-i-also-use-total-finder/6633/5 "2018-07-25T14:58:52Z")

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Thanks Stephen,

That was it. I have no idea how that got turned off. I vaguely remember running across that in the past and even had some notes on it in a file where I keep tips. all seems well now.