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- From: s442070@nexus.yorku.ca (Tomas Hansson)
- Subject: Re: Undeletable folder
- Message-ID: <s442070.721153063@yorku.ca>
- Keywords: untrashable folder
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- Organization: York University
- References: <1df2htINNmg1@pax.usc.edu>
- Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 16:17:43 GMT
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- joungwoo@pax.usc.edu (John Kim) writes:
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- >Yesterday somehow an empty folder named "Temporary Ioms" (actually the letter
- >"o" had an accent grave on it) appeared and won't be deleted. When I try to
- >trash it, a msg appears that says it cannot be deleted because the folder
- >contains an item in use.
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- >I examined the folder with ResEdit's get info but I don't see any difference
- >of this folder from other deletable folders. This folder is not checked as a
- >System file, either.
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- >I tried to replace this by a folder with same name but I still fail and get
- >the same msg plus an error code of -1805, which is not on a system error list
- >I happen to have.
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- >I'm using IIsi 5/80 with System 7.0.1 (with Tuner 1.1.1).
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- >Any tips/solutions will be greatly appreciated. Please email directly to me
- >as I don't read this mail group regularly.
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- >Thanks in advance.
-
- >John
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- >P.S. This empty folder doesn't do me any harm but it's just annoying. BTW, I
- >also check with an anti-virus programs and it does not seem to be a virus.
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- For everyone else whoe DOES read this newsgroup;
- Try using Disk First Aid on it and the try to delete the folder.
- Works for me every time :-)
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- Tomas Hansson
- Info Design Corporation
- tomas@idc.com or s442070@nexus.yorku.ca
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