If you can use terminal, do this. Launch Terminal Type "cd desktop" Press Enter Type "rm -rf FILE NAME" Press Enter Type the last command for each file. That should do the trick. Cheers, CJ Scaminaci Project Halo: Webwar Evolved Lead Software Engineer-Macintosh Development http://webwar.sourceforge.net http://sourceforge.net/projects/webwar HaloGenius at sbcglobal.net