[HM] Re: Error on attempting to delete from trash

[Herbert Marouschek]

Have you tried BatChmod (freeware)? This little application allows you 
to change the file owner to yourself, and you will be able to delete 
the file afterwards without any problems.
regards
Herbert

On Mar 21, 2004, at 9:29 PM, Don wrote:

>>    I tried that and it still comes out with a -127. I
>> believe it is looking for a folder which no longer
>> exists and I cannot move from trash or do any other
>> type of delete. So at this point, just moving along
>> very slowly.
>>
>>  Thanks for answering.
>> Wags ;)
>>
>
> I had that happen one time a couple years ago on an old
> all in one mac.  I think it might have been an old LC 575.
>
> At first it was rediculous because I tried to create other
> folders and stuff (to duplicate how it happened) ...and ended
> up with not just one...but several undeletable items.  I recall
> putting things in other folders to 'hide' them or just somehow
> change the circumstances to fool the system into getting rid of
> things...no joy.
>
> I think at one point I even renamed the undeletable folders
> and put them into use in place of the 'normal' folders.  That
> seemed risky but it was irritating to me at that point too.
> Seemed kind of like the Christmas tree ornament (boomerang)
> that won't go away.
>
> As I recall, I did a desktop rebuild, and ran some repair
> utilities.  I 'wild guessed' that it was something wrong with
> some part of an unidentified directory problem.  My best 'wild
> guess' was that the system erased part of a file and left
> another (perhaps just the icon) unerased somehow.  After
> running some utilities and rebuilding the desktop, it seems
> like I finally went to the length of transferring the entire
> drive to another location and reformatting...
>
> When returning things to the original drive, I believe I did it
> item by item deliberately leaving the undeletable items behind
> before it finally went away.
>
> In the end, it was a frustrating experience for a few weeks
> until I could get agressive to get rid of it.
>
> HTH
> Don
>