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Re: A folder from hell

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From: Alan Weiss
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 01:31
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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.

I always use StuffIt to delete unwanted hellish objects. I make an archive,
stuff (with the "delete after stuffing" option on, of course!), then
trash the archive. Hasn't failed yet, but then again I haven't had such
a hellish experience as you, either....

Alan Weiss
apdoo@research.att.com
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From: apdoo@alice.att.com (Alan Weiss)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: A folder from hell
Summary: Use StuffIt to delete hellish folders
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Date: 29 Oct 92 01:31:14 GMT
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