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Article #46855Re: My machine is possessed - Folder from Hell
From: Jeff Wiseman
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1990 18:42
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1990 18:42
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In article <4259@cbnewsl.ATT.COM> prg@bonnie.ATT.COM writes: >In article <14003@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>, englandr@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Scott Englander) writes: >> >> 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. > >Oh! How come my version of ResEdit comes back with an Alert that says >(paraphrased) 'That operation is not allowed on a non-empty folder'? I posted a suggestion a ways back that may not have gotten out of our mail machine. In the past, I have drug (dragged?) the ofending folder into the trash using the option key (or command, I can't remember which). Then once its in the trash, I hit the programmer's reset button. It always seemed to get rid of the folder but it seems insecure. If anyone knows of dangers that might exist doing this I need to know. Otherwise, this is how I get rid of these strange beasties. -- Jeff Wiseman: ....uunet!tellab5!wiseman OR wiseman@TELLABS.COM
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!tellab5!wiseman From: wiseman@tellab5.tellabs.com (Jeff Wiseman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: My machine is possessed - Folder from Hell Message-ID: <2153@tellab5.tellabs.com> Date: 23 Feb 90 18:42:11 GMT References: <15543@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> <1990Feb6.213912.26834@ultra.com> <14003@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> <4259@cbnewsl.ATT.COM> Reply-To: wiseman@tellab5.UUCP (Jeff Wiseman) Organization: Tellabs, Inc. Lisle IL Lines: 24