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Application Fragments--not allowed to delete
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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Some time ago I downloaded the trial version of photoshop CS3. It expired and I uninstalled it using the uninstaller that came with it. However, fragments of this application remain all over my hard drive. I searched for and deleted them but there are a few files that when I try to click on them and drag the to the trash I get an error message. It reads. . "The operation cannot be completed because you do not have sufficent privileges for "AdobePhotoshopAll.proxy.hml"--along with other file types. Does anyone know how I can get these files into the trash and deleted? I checked out the uninstallation sticky on the top of the forum and it didn't seem to address this issue that I could discern. Thanks, any help is greatly appreciated!
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Oct 2000
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You can sudo rm in the Terminal, or there are a number of file deletion utilities you can find on versiontracker that would help you do the same thing.
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"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." TJ
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It'd be interesting to know what permissions Adobe set for those. You could cmd-I on the files and see. It may let you change ownership, then delete.
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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Originally Posted by Cold Warrior
It'd be interesting to know what permissions Adobe set for those. You could cmd-I on the files and see. It may let you change ownership, then delete.
Thanks--the permissions are set to read & write and I am the owner. The menu is grayed out so I can't change it anything. very odd.
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Just for future reference, I discovered a solution--kind of. Adobe has a script on their website specifically for cases where the uninstaller fails to remove all the files. It came with warnings to back up everything on my hard drive, which I did. I ran it and everything came off my computer(including the files that said I didn't have permission to move to the trash!) allowing me to re-install the full version of Photoshop without a conflict. Happy day.
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