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Article #6500Undeleteable Folder- a possible reason
From: Bruce Gerson
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 1989 12:21
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 1989 12:21
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It hasn't been my experience that DiskTop will delete folders which the Finder cannot. If the Finder alerts you that the folder cannot be deleted because it contained files which were busy or locked, then DiskTop won't delete them either. A way around this is to use the DeskZap DA to close the open file(s) in the folder in question (usually an open file IS the problem here). The Finder still may not let you delete the folder but you WILL be able to delete the file(s). Once you run your next application and quit back to the Finder (or use DiskTop from within the application), you will be able to delete that pesky folder. -- Bruce Gerson via cmhGate - Net 226 fido<=>uucp gateway Col, OH UUCP: ...!osu-cis!n8emr!cmhgate!102!823!Bruce.Gerson INET: Bruce.Gerson@f823.n102.z1.FIDONET.ORG
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!n8emr!cmhgate!f823.n102.z1.FIDONET.ORG!Bruce.Gerson From: Bruce.Gerson@f823.n102.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Bruce Gerson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Undeleteable Folder- a possible reason Message-ID: <26238.2539EB3E@cmhgate.FIDONET.ORG> Date: 14 Oct 89 12:21:58 GMT Sender: ufgate@cmhgate.FIDONET.ORG (newsout1.26) Organization: FidoNet node 1:102/823 - The Bear's Lair, Van Nuys CA Lines: 14