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From: jeremyr@cs.qmc.ac.uk (Jeremy Roussak)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Folders that won't go away
Message-ID: <1159@sequent.cs.qmc.ac.uk>
Date: 14 Jul 89 09:46:06 GMT
Reply-To: jeremyr@cs.qmc.ac.uk (Jeremy Roussak)
Distribution: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.programmer
Organization: Computer Science Dept, Queen Mary College, University of London, UK.
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A friend of mine has two folders on his Mac+ hard disk, which he wants to
delete and can't.  There's nothing in either of them (either visible
or invisible), but he gets a message from the finder saying that
the wastebasket couldn't be emptied because a folder wasn't empty.
ResEdit tells him the same thing when he uses its clear menu item
to try to delete the folders, but again shows nothing in either of them.

I seem to remember that this was discussed on the net not too long ago,
but I don't remember any conclusions.  All help gratefully received.
Please email replies - I'll summarize if appropriate.

Thanks.

Jeremy Roussak