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From: wiseman@tellabs.com (Jeff Wiseman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: folder from hell
Message-ID: <5190@tellab5.tellabs.com>
Date: 29 Jan 91 18:38:24 GMT
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In article <1991Jan28.143428.16081@oracle.com> mwang@oracle.com (Michael Wang) writes:
>In article <1991Jan26.173004.19708@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> deh7g@newton.acc.Virginia.EDU (David E. Husk) writes:
>>	I know this has been beaten to death but how does one get rid
>>of a folder from hell.  DiskTop says there are -1 files in the folder
>
>The easiest way I have found to delete "folders from hell" is to drag the
>folder into the trash can (you may have to hold down Command-Option while
>you do this) and then reboot the machine using the Restart command.      

Sometimes you find that after doing what has been suggested, the folder is
magically back on the desktop. If this happens, just try doing it again. 

I have seen this happen but the second time I try throwing it away, everything
has usually worked as expected.


Hope this helps too


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