Following up ... and solution found (but bear with me). 1) Copying the folders to a diff location made no diff. The same folders would still not open.
2) I discovered that 100% of the folders not opening contained at least one MS Word .doc file (yes, with visible extension). (!) So, it wasn't not a folder/.DS_Store problem - it's a MS Word doc problem (say "Thank you, Bill"). This was consistent. The solution was to do a "Save as" and *not* append the extension. Simply renaming the file in finder so as to not include the extention was not enough (therefore negating any possible batch job). WTH!!??? Has anyone else experienced this with MS Word files? Must I laboriously go thru all my files and do this??? arghh. On Fri, 21 Oct 2005, Frank P. Eigler wrote: > On Wed, 19 Oct 2005, Bruce Johnson wrote: > > > > > On Oct 19, 2005, at 10:20 AM, Frank P. Eigler wrote: > > > > > OS 10.3.9 > > > > > > When trying to open/select a particular folder (3 levels down) in > > > Finder > > > I get the spinning beach ball. The contents had been accessible by > > > navigating via application "Open", but now that has become a problem. > > > > > > fsck has been run on boot, and I've done full maintence (permissions; > > > maintenance scripts; optimization; DB updates) using Onyx. No effect. > > > > > > No other folder at that level displays this behaviour. This folder is > > > accessible via terminal, so I know I *can* likely copy/move > > > it and delete the original but I'd rather figure out what the > > > problem is > > > and correct it. > > > > Look for a file .DS_Store in terminal in that folder, and delete it. > > > > That might fix the problem. .DS_Store is the normally invisible file > > where Finder stores some metadata associated with the folder, such as > > last sort order and view type. If that's corrupted, it might cause > > the problems you're seeing. This isn't something that fsck or Disk > > Repair would find. > > Laurent asked how many files in the folder: there are 24. > > Tried DW, TechTool and Disk Utility. All good, except techtool 'quits > unexpectedly' while doing its file structure check. This occured before > and after deleting .DS_Store > > ELiminating the .DS_Store file has no effect, nor does changing views. > > NB: I can fully access the problem folder(s) over 802.11. WTH??? > -- Non Illegitimi Carborundum -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
