Thanks, had already checked these things. Drop Obliter from Versiontracker did the trick! -------Original Message------- From: Tubadude <jmcclernan2 at comcast.net> Sent: 01/01/70 08:12 AM To: iBook List <ibook at lists.themacintoshguy.com> Subject: Re: [P1] icon will not leave desktop in 10.2.3 > > I'm late joining this thread, but has anyone suggested that: (1) the item you are trying to trash is locked or (2) that it is being shared and you need to turn off sharing to empty the trash? Cheers, John On 1/16/2003 9:53 AM, "William L Carr" <Jkirk3279 at beanstalk.net> wrote: > > On Wednesday, January 15, 2003, at 01:00 PM, > <maizychicken at earthlink.net> wrote: > >> Let me also add that the problem is not being able to empty the >> trash---I have >> done this with other items in it---the problem is that I am unable to >> move >> this particular icon to the trash. Hope I am being clear here.