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- From: jas@ISI.EDU (Jeff Sullivan)
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- Subject: Re: Emptying Trash
- Message-ID: <23307@venera.isi.edu>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 23:20:57 GMT
- References: <1993Jan27.175659.23582@ee.eng.ohio-state.edu>
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- In-reply-to: pillutla@mitchell.eng.ohio-state.edu's message of 27 Jan 93 17:56:59 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan27.175659.23582@ee.eng.ohio-state.edu> pillutla@mitchell.eng.ohio-state.edu (Srinivas Pillutla) writes:
-
- >I have a Mac. SE/30 with System 7.0. So far, I have been having no
- >trouble at all but recently I've been having problems with emptying
- >the trash. For some unknown reason, I am unable to clear the contents
- >of the trash (even if I select "Empty Trash...") from the Special
- >Menu. Instead I get an error message saying "The item *** could not be
- >deleted because it contains items that are in use". Ok...so I quit all
- >applications and repeat the procedure again. Still the same message
- >appears. The surprising thing is that the items in the trash are all
- >empty folders. Why am I unable to clear the trash ?
- >
- >Any help will greatly be appreciated.
-
- Some or other app must have left a lock on a folder. Try rebooting
- with no inits and trashing it. If that fails, use ResEdit or some such
- to unset the "in use" flag on the file info of the folders.
-
- Then you should be able to trash it/them.
-
- jas
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