Nope. Restarting didn't fix it and the program that would use the file isn't even on. I was able to delete similar files in that folder with no problem. I think I'll just save the ones I want and delete the whole folder. It's not even that important but it's frustrating and I want a way around this.
On 29/01/2009, patrickneazer <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Tiffanitsa and all: > > I have a good guess why this is happening though I am not sure why you > cannot click on the stop or continue buttons ... which are the ones > you should be seeing. > > If you are getting such a situation, the computer believes that one of > the programs you are attempting to toss out in the trash is being used > by some other program. if it thinks that some program is using a file > in the trash it will not toss it out and will attempt to ask you what > you want to do with the empty trash function ... aka ... stop or > continue. > > Restarting your computer will probably work because the file will be > released from the program it is supposedly using. > > Good luck. > On Jan 29, 2009, at 2:32 PM, Tiffany D wrote: > >> I don't know why, but sometimes, when I delete something, I get this >> empty trash dialogue. When I try to read it it just says list. I try >> to interact with the list and get operation progress. I go further >> and it just says image. When I hit tab it says continue and stop but >> no matter what I try, nothing works. It just gets stuck. I've tried >> VO and space, enter and even command VO f5 and then VO shift space but >> nothing. The only way for me to get out of it is to force quit >> finder. Usually, when I empty the trash, I can delete things again >> but this time, it's not working. I did a force quit finder and tried >> to empty trash but the button is dimmed. I'm gonna restart and then >> try again. Does anyone know what's going on here? >> >> Thanks, >> Tiffanitsa >> > > Take good care and I wish you enough. > > Love > > Me > >
