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Article #46785Re: My machine is possessed - Folder from Hell
From: Mike Rineer
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1990 02:14
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1990 02:14
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In article <14003@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>, englandr@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Scott Englander) says: > >In article <1990Feb6.213912.26834@ultra.com> rich@ultra.com (Rich Fall) >writes: >>yang@mist.cs.orst.edu (Sherry Yang) writes: >> >>>We have discovered a folder on one of the MacIIs in our lab that has nothing >>>in it, but it will not let us throw it away. It kept coming back with a > >> >>My solution? Use a backup program to save the hard disk, then reformat and >>restore. Some Mac hacker out there may know a better solution (and perhaps >>why the problem occurs), but I don't. > >No need to take such drastic action. Simply select the folder from >within ResEdit, and then select "Clear" from the Edit menu. That will >get rid of it. >-- Don't even have to do that. Just reboot and then Trash it normally. --Mike
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!msr104 From: MSR104@psuvm.psu.edu (Mike Rineer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: My machine is possessed - Folder from Hell Message-ID: <90053.211443MSR104@psuvm.psu.edu> Date: 23 Feb 90 02:14:43 GMT References: <15543@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> <1990Feb6.213912.26834@ultra.com> <14003@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> Organization: Penn State University Lines: 23