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Cannot empty the trash because item is lock
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dopik
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Jul 4, 2003, 05:52 AM
 
Hi,

I would like to empty the trash where a folder that is "lock" is in there. I went to info in oder to change the lock but it is not checked.

I press shift+option to empty it but it did not work either both before and after I restarted the computer.

Please help me.

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chris.p
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Jul 4, 2003, 06:05 AM
 
I think cocktail will let you delete stubborn files-

http://www2.dicom.se/cocktail/
     
dopik  (op)
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Jul 4, 2003, 06:10 AM
 
Thank you chris.p

I have never heard about it but it did the job well.

Thanks.

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tooki
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Jul 4, 2003, 05:47 PM
 
Presumably there was a locked invisible file inside that folder.

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