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Article #13Re: A folder from hell
From: Geoffrey Quelch
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 21:47
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 21:47
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In article <24034@alice.att.com> apdoo@alice.att.com (Alan Weiss) writes: >In article <BwuCKu.8C5@unccsun.uncc.edu>, msmcknig@unccsun.uncc.edu (Michael S McKnight) writes: >> We have a folder that has 3 files in it that are not in use or locked. When >> we try to throw this folder away and empty the trash, we get the message >> "Cannot empty trash, file is in use." When we tried Norton, he says that the >> file is invalid. MacTools says the file doesn't exist, but it still shows >> up in the MacTools file list. How about creating a folder on a floppy disk with the same name as the offending folder. Move the new folder to the same level as the offending one. When asked if you want to overwrite, say yes. Then you should be able to delete the overwritten one. Geoff Quelch -- Geoffrey E. Quelch | Internet quelch@hartree.chem.wfu.edu Department of Chemistry | quelch@hbar.phy.wfu.edu Wake Forest University | Voice: +1 (919) 759 4717 Winston-Salem, NC 27109 | Fax: +1 (919) 759 4656
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!pageworks.com!world!eff!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!ames!agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!gatech!mailer.cc.fsu.edu!sun13!ibms1.scri.fsu.edu!quelch From: quelch@ibms1.scri.fsu.edu (Geoffrey Quelch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: A folder from hell Message-ID: <11241@sun13.scri.fsu.edu> Date: 29 Oct 92 21:47:23 GMT References: <BwuCKu.8C5@unccsun.uncc.edu> <24034@alice.att.com> Sender: news@sun13.scri.fsu.edu Reply-To: quelch@ibms1.scri.fsu.edu (Geoffrey Quelch) Followup-To: comp.sys.mac Organization: SCRI, Florida State University Lines: 18