[voodoo]

There are files that were saved to my Desktop by DirectConnect but they are corrupted in some way because they cannot be opened, moved or trashed. The Terminal does not acknowledge their existance (they simply do not show up in the << ls -a >> command). Not all apps see them. Transmit 2.3 for instance does not see them at all. Unfortunately the Finder does so they clutter my desktop like forever. If I try and throw them or move them I get an error -43. If I open them, *nothing* happens.

[suthercd]

A -43 error usually means no EOF (end of file) found. This can be caused by a file being partially downloaded and then interrupted. Normal behaviour is for the System to trash or nat save the partial portion.

Craig

[voodoo]

Are you saying that the files that cannot be modified are incomplete files or fragments of a file? Are these fragments totally untouchable?

[dole]

I had a problem with a corrupted download before. I could see the file, but if I would try to delete it, I would either get a access denied warning or a kernel panic™. So what I did was boot into OS 9 and I was able to delete the file without a problem. If you happen to have 9 installed, maybe you could boot into that and see if the file is visible for you to delete.

[Cipher13]

Fsck the drive, then try.