Press the ALT key to make a copy when you drag it out of the trash. Paul Moortgat On 22 Feb 2009, at 22:44, Ed Gould wrote: > Yesterday I inadvertently moved a JPG to the trash using Graphic > Convertor (in Slide show). > > I went to move it back to the original folder and it refused to come > out. > > I checked permissions on it and it says I can read/write the file. > > I ran repair disk permission on the boot drive and that seems to > have run fine (no errors reported) and also while dragging it out of > the trash it appears to go except when I release the mouse it > appears to go back to the trash. > > Its not the end of the earth if I have to delete the file but I > would like to get it back none the less. > > Any ideas, suggestions? > > Ed