[P1] MacOSX Panics When Emptying Trash, Deleting File

[Jack Rodgers]

On Feb 2, 2004, at 10:59 PM, Jack Rodgers wrote:

>>>>> However, nothing helps and I cant seem to empty my Trash. There 
>>>>> are a
>>>>> number of files in the Trash and I think I have isolated the
>>>>> problematic one. However, it does not let me delete it by any way I
>>>>> know and immediately causes this total system hang when I try.
>
> Assuming this file is not a required system file, do a get info using 
> an admin account and change the permissions to one for the admin 
> account with everything read/write. Now you can delete the file. At 
> least I could. This problem was more prevalent with earlier versions 
> of X.

Panther also has a new menu item which deleted two files from 
Diskwarrior that I was told could not be deleted.  Finder: Secure Empty 
Trash

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