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From: gregoret@celeste.mmwb.ucsf.edu (Lydia)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: folder from hell revisited yet again
Summary: seemingly empty folder can't be deleted
Keywords: can't empty trash
Message-ID: <gregoret.663380678@celeste.mmwb.ucsf.edu>
Date: 9 Jan 91 00:24:38 GMT
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I never thought it would happen to me (so I didn't save the posting)
but now it did, so can someone please email or repost a summary of the
"Folder from Hell" postings?

Problem:  MS Word hung when I tried to quit.  The changes were saved,
but the cursor stayed as an insertion bar and "File" in the menu stayed
selected, so I rebooted using the prgrammer's switch.  

NOW, MS Word seems to be non-existent -- doubleclicking on a word
document says "...could not be opened...application busy or missing."
Doing GetInfo on the folder in which Word used to reside says "O bytes
used, 0K on disk, for 0 files."  THIS is the folder which can't be deleted.
"Trash couldn't be emptied (a file was busy or a folder was not empty)."
So I've renamed the folder "folder from hell" and hid it away in the bottom
corner of the window.  But there's got to be a better way!

Thanks in advance,
Lydia Gregoret
gregoret@cgl.ucsf.edu