macOS Simple Apple script edit

[Me1000]

So I got this wonderful little application (made with apple script) that goes inside my downloads stack, so that I can click on it, and it deletes everything inside the downloads folder,

However there is a single folder that I need to keep inside the downloads stack,

the folder is named "Download"

this is the script i am trying to edit,

try
	tell application "Finder"
		set the_items to (every item of (path to downloads folder as alias) whose name is not "Delete All.app")
		delete the_items
	end tell
on error
	tell application "Finder" to display dialog "An error occurred!" with icon 0 buttons {"Damn"} default button 1
end try

It looks obvious what needs to be edited, however I dont even know where to begin when it comes to apple script!

any help would be great,
thanks,

 

[HexMonkey]

Try this:

try
	tell application "Finder"
		set the_items to (every item of (path to downloads folder as alias) whose name is not in {"Download", "Delete All.app"})
		delete the_items
	end tell
on error
	tell application "Finder" to display dialog "An error occurred!" with icon 0 buttons {"Damn"} default button 1
end try

 

[Me1000]

Thanks,

I cant try it yet, because I have 2 other files in the stack that cant be moved until later this week...

ill post an update when I can...

 

[Me1000]

Sorry it took so long to try,
unfortionalty that didn't work.
It removes the folder as well...

 

[HexMonkey]

Are you sure that the folder name exactly matches the name of the folder in the script? In your original post you said it was called "Download"; perhaps it was meant to be "Downloads".

 

[Me1000]

Well I thought that was the problem to begin with, because there was a space at the end of the folder name but I took the space out, and it still didnt work.
however I just looked again, and found that there was a space in front of the folder name too. I added that to the apple script and it works great now!

Thank You,