How to restart the macOS Finder after a "defaults write" command

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How to restart the finder after a “defaults write” command (ex: )?
I tried unsuccessfully:
Shell1.Execute (“defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleShowAllExtensions, TRUE”)
Shell1.Execute ("killall Finder”) ← Does not work !!!
or
Shell1.Execute (“Taskkill /IM Findex.app /F”) ??
for info : I have a Mac M1 (Apple Silicon)
Thank you very much

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Under the most recent versions of macOS, Catalina and over, it is very possible that finder relaunch is only available from user interaction.

Have you looked at shell1.result ? It may give you some hints into what is going on.

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Merci.
La boite de message est vide !

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Shell1.Mode = 2
Shell1.Execute (“killall finder”)
Messagebox(Shell1.Result)

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Thanks.
Mesagebox is empty !

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That’s not going to work. In that mode, She’ll doesn’t wait for a response. Try setting mode to 0.

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