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From: Bruce.Gerson@f823.n102.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Bruce Gerson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Undeleteable Folder- a possible reason
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Date: 14 Oct 89 12:21:58 GMT
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It hasn't been my experience that DiskTop will delete folders which the
Finder cannot.  If the Finder alerts you that the folder cannot be deleted 
because it contained files which were busy or locked, then DiskTop won't
delete them either.  A way around this is to use the DeskZap DA to close
the open file(s) in the folder in question (usually an open file IS the
problem here).  The Finder still may not let you delete the folder but you 
WILL be able to delete the file(s).  Once you run your next application
and quit back to the Finder (or use DiskTop from within the application),
you will be able to delete that pesky folder.

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