Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2002 17:48:52 +
Subject: Slightly OT but I've got files I can't trash...
From: Tim Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Tried installing Office 98 on my 3400c running OS8.6 and it crashed when
running the updater. It then said there were disk problems which
From: Tim Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tried installing Office 98 on my 3400c running OS8.6 and it crashed when
running the updater. It then said there were disk problems which first aid
couldn't fix when I restarted. Ran norton which found loads of errors but it
was basically OK. I trashed
From: Andrew Kershaw [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In 10 years of Mac use
I've never had this... any help appreciated!
I've seen it once or twice... I _think_ this means that the Finder
has set a flag marking the file/folder as in use and forgot to turn
it off. You might try rebuilding the desktop,
One additional way to remove them is if they are locked, do a get info on
the item and unlock. The easiest is to Option - trash
Hmm. I think he's talking about files that are in use, not files
that are locked. When a file that is in use by an application, the
system, or something else (or
Hi
Tried installing Office 98 on my 3400c running OS8.6 and it crashed when
running the updater. It then said there were disk problems which first aid
couldn't fix when I restarted. Ran norton which found loads of errors but it
was basically OK. I trashed Office and can live without it. However I
In 10 years of Mac use
I've never had this... any help appreciated!
I've seen it once or twice... I _think_ this means that the Finder
has set a flag marking the file/folder as in use and forgot to turn
it off. You might try rebuilding the desktop, then deleting them
again.
Let me know if
on 12/9/02 9:48 AM, Tim Allen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I now
have 3 empty folders in the trash which it refuses to delete because it says
they are in use. Even if I boot from CD it still says they are in use! I'm
going mad trying to trash them.
This happened to me once several years ago,
This happened to me once several years ago, on an SE: I gave up trying to
trash them, rechristened them with useful names, and made them earn their
keep --
ha ha ha I LOVE Victoria's solution : ))
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