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From: Chris.Gehlker@p12.f56.n114.z1.fidonet.org (Chris Gehlker)
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Subject: Re: Empty Folder Problem
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Date: 3 Sep 90 10:32:04 GMT
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In a message to All dated 08/30/90 at 17:22:02, Adam Schabtach writes:
schabtac@stout.atd.ucar.edu (Adam Schabtach) writes:

AS> However, the way I deal with Folders From Hell (TM) is by dragging
AS> them onto the desktop (usually conveniently close to the Trash) and
AS> renaming them something like 'From Hell' or 'Dead.' Then the next time
AS> I boot or restart, I can throw them in the Trash and they stay there.
AS> It seems that the restart takes care of them (at least on my system).

If that works, they aren't true Folders from Hell.  What you've had is merely
a Folder from Purgatory.  The same is true for folders where you can look in
them with ResEdit or the like and find a locked, invisible file.  With these
you just make the file unlocked and invisible and you can trash the folder.
 In fact, Virtual always turns your System Folder into a Folder from Purgatory
 
but True folders from Hell are rarer.

BTW, I'm unsure of the header etiquite here.  Please let me know which, if 
either,
of the header lines above is appropriate.

 

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