tell application "Finder" try set pathOfFRontWin to target of Finder window 1 as string set posixOfFrontWindow to POSIX path of pathOfFRontWin on error err --get something somewhat useful if it fails... set posixOfFrontWindow to "~/Desktop" as string end try set the clipboard to posixOfFrontWindow end tell --Could the following be scripted?: (* try set target_app to (path to frontmost application as Unicode text) tell application target_app to activate tell application "System Events" tell process target_app keystroke "g" using {command down, shift down} keystroke "v" using {command down} keystroke return keystroke return end tell end tell end try *)