[X4U] Can't empty trash

Randy B.Singer randy at macattorney.com
Thu Feb 2 11:14:06 PST 2006


Mark Des Cotes said:

>I'm having problems deleting a few files and folders in my Trash. I can 
>put a bunch of files and folders into the trash and empty it. 
>Everything but two folders and their sub folders and files disappear. 
>The two remaining folders are not locked and if I dig through their sub 
>folders and find the contained file, I click on it once and it  
>disappears. If I then close the trash and open it again the files are 
>back. I've tried rebooting without success. Any ideas?


Download:

Trash It! (free)
<http://www.nonamescriptware.com/forums/index.php?&act=Downloads&CODE=02&id
=7>

Of all of the utilities for forcing stubborn files to be trashed, this 
one seems to be the most routinely successful.



Randy B. Singer
Co-Author of: The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th and 6th editions)

Routine OS X Maintenance and Generic Troubleshooting
http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html 



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