Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!munnari.oz.au!darwin.ntu.edu.au!jennerr From: jennerr@darwin.ntu.edu.au Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: HELP!! Message-ID: <1990Jul19.121602.258@darwin.ntu.edu.au> Date: 19 Jul 90 02:46:01 GMT References: Lines: 12 In article , ph1c+@andrew.cmu.edu (Peter Nikitas Handrinos) writes: > I have a MacII, running 6.0.5 > > I didn't have any problems, and then this. I keep trying to empty this folder. > The folder used to have stuff in it, but seems empty. I go to open it and I get the error, "Couldn't be opened , missing or open". When I go to put it in the trash, I cannot empty the trash pretty similar message. The same thing happens when I go to throw out Quick Access from my system folder. The trash cannot be emptied. > > Can anyone help me? Try this: Selecr the folder, "get Info" (com-I). If the folder is locked, unlock it. If it is not locked, Lock it then unlock it (sounds crazy but it sometimes works) Bob Jenner