Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!o.gp.cs.cmu.edu!fs7.ece.cmu.edu!fs7.ece.cmu.edu!barvian From: barvian@ece.cmu.edu (Scott Barvian) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Locked folders under Multifinder Message-ID: Date: 1 May 91 16:52:39 GMT Sender: news@fs7.ece.cmu.edu (USENET News System) Distribution: comp Organization: ECE Dept., Carnegie-Mellon University Lines: 28 I have been having a problem that is similar to the "Folder From Hell" problem. The best way to describe it is with an example: Suppose I download a program that, after unstuffing, puts the application/init or whatever and a TeachText doc file in its own folder. I then open the doc file, browse it, close the file (but not quit TeachText) and decide to trash the whole folder. When I try to empty the trash, I get the message The Trash couldn't be emptied (a file was busy or a folder was not empty). and the (now empty folder) reappears. Repeated attempts to trash the folder do no good. I can't delete the folder until after I quit TeachText. So it looks like the application "locks" the folder somehow. So, I trained myself to always Quit TeachText whenever I use it. But another joy of Multifinder is to keep DAs open in the background, which I've started to do lately. I find that I have the "locked folder" problem until I quit all DA's (even if a DA had nothing to do with the folder/file). Hopefully this is a long question with a short answer. Is it system/finder related? I'm using 6.0.5 on a Plus. -- ==== Scott Barvian ============ Department of Electrical/Computer Eng. === ==== barvian@ece.cmu.edu ====== Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA ===