[gkrykewy]

I was trying to clean out all of the files from a bad Norton installation and I'm left with an alias in my extensions folder (SimDC.kext) that gives me the following message when I try to delete it:

'operation cannot be completed because one or more of the required items cannot be found; error code -43'.

Apparently I already deleted the file(s) that the alias was associated with.

Is there any way to force a file like this to be deleted? I can't imagine it would be a problem, as it's just an alias, but I'd like to delete it all the same. Thanks.

[Kate]

if it resists deleting it might be so according to a: a filestructure error, or b: insufficient privileges . It sounds as if it were case a though.

Try to run disk utility from another partition or while booted from your original cd and see if the file vanishes or is erasable afterwards.

[gkrykewy]

Thanks for the tip, but I tried both disk repair and permissions repair from the OS DVD and no problems were found in either case.

[Kate]

Originally posted by gkrykewy:
Thanks for the tip, but I tried both disk repair and permissions repair from the OS DVD and no problems were found in either case.

In that case I would try to erase this by means of the terminal. You may already know the routine, but just in case:

Open terminal located in the utilities folder. HAve your admin password ready and be loged in as an admin.

Type:

[mymac:-] me% sudo rm -R

Drag the defective alias to the open terminal window and drop it.

Activate the terminal window and hit <return>

It asks for your admin password, enter it and hit <return> again

Check if the alias is gone.

If it is not, you might want to run another disk utility such as DiskWarrior, that is capable of more error checking and repair than diskutility.

[gkrykewy]

Thanks --

When I try entering that in the terminal, I get the following response:

-bash: [mymac:-]: command not found

????

[gkrykewy]

nevermind --

I started the command with 'sudo' and it worked perfectly. Thanks again!