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- From: aland@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Alan D.)
- Subject: Re: Empty folder not empty and can't be trashed...traced.
- Message-ID: <aland.715223409@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu>
- Keywords: vantage delete locked in use trash
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- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 01:10:09 GMT
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- alen@crash.cts.com (Alen Shapiro) writes:
-
- >Seems to be my week for discoveries!!!
-
- >If you have Vantage (commercial McSink) 1.61 you may have seen this
- >problem...
-
- I don't have it, but seem to remember something about a "Vantage
- Opener" application which would 'bounce' the Vantage file to the DA...
-
- >Create a new folder, copy a file of type/creator TEXT/McSk into it,
- >double-click on the file in the new folder, quit the Vantage editor
- >(command-Q), drag the new folder to the trash. Empty the trash and
- >see a "can't delete folder cos it is locked or in-use" message. The
- >new folder in the trash is now empty and even restarting the finder
- >(from macsbug) does not clear the in-use flag. Reboot the mac or
- >dismount/remount the volume containing the new folder to enable you
- >to empty the trash.
-
- My guess is that Vantage Opener is keeping tabs on the file... If you
- quit that, it might help. If this isn't the problem, I have no
- idea...
-
- -=Alan
-