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Article #15Re: A folder from hell
From: Jeff Clowser; IRG
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1992 17:23
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1992 17:23
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In article <1992Oct28.224737.7778@wuecl.wustl.edu>, har1@cec2.wustl.edu (Hasnol Abdul Rahman) writes... >In article <28OCT199215323140@comb1.comb.umd.edu> jeffc@comb1.comb.umd.edu (Jeff Clowser; IRG) writes: >>In article <BwuIoL.EzD@unccsun.uncc.edu>, msmcknig@unccsun.uncc.edu (Michael S McKnight) writes... >>>In article <1992Oct28.181911.24227@ee.rochester.edu> strong@ee.rochester.edu (John Strong) writes: >>>>> >>>>I would try to boot the Mac from an external floppy, then try throwing away >>>>the three files, then the folder. >>> >>>Yes, we tried this also. We have also tried re-building the desktop and >>>throwing the items away with the option key held down. Still won't go away! >>> >>>Thanks for your suggestions... and please keep sending them!! >> >> >>Try holding down the option key when you throw it away and/or when you empty >>the trash. >> (sorry - this kinda says do what he said he did - what I meant to say was that if you are only just holding down the option key when you throw it out, try also holding it down when you empty it...) =============================================================================== Jeff Clowser "A keyboard... how quaint" JeffC@comb1.comb.umd.edu Network Administrator, Macintosh Technical Support Information Resources Group, Maryland Biotechnology Institute University of Maryland
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.system Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ferkel.ucsb.edu!taco!gatech!darwin.sura.net!haven.umd.edu!news.umbc.edu!comb1.comb.umd.edu!jeffc From: jeffc@comb1.comb.umd.edu (Jeff Clowser; IRG) Subject: Re: A folder from hell Message-ID: <30OCT199212231799@comb1.comb.umd.edu> News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41 Sender: newspost@umbc3.umbc.edu (News posting account) Organization: University of Maryland, Center of Marine Biotechnology References: <1992Oct28.181911.24227@ee.rochester.edu> <BwuIoL.EzD@unccsun.uncc.edu> <28OCT199215323140@comb1.comb.umd.edu> <1992Oct28.224737.7778@wuecl.wustl.edu> Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1992 17:23:00 GMT Lines: 27