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fingolfin@abyss.actrix.gen.nz (Paul Thompson) writes:
>I can't delete anything off the system disk. I can however delete files
>off the other HD. This is only a system 7.0 problem as I can delete
>files under system 6.0.7 (with one exception) . The error message I was
>getting was "Trash is empty" (bullshit) Trash can is 'fat' etc etc

Possibly you're trying to delete files/folders that system 7 uses

>So I went to System 6 with res-edit, turned the invisible files visible

Why did you do this? What files are you trying to delete? Not the desktop
database files, the desktop folder, or the trash folder I hope.

>Now, I tried to delete this folder on the desktop and it would not let
>me, saying that it was not empty. Not so, according to Res-edit it *IS*
>empty. I scaned the HD's for virus's (not likely but a long-shot) I
>re-built the desktop, I booted without inits/cdevs etc etc, still no go.

Insufficient information. There is an occasional problem that arises on Macs
where the "valence" of a folder gets out of kilter with the number of files
in the folder. This is known as the "folder from hell" problem. Try running
a copy of Norton over the disk & see if it fixes it.
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Tim Hammett, Department of Botany, Auckland University, New Zealand.
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