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From: LGEORGE@insted.unimelb.edu.au (Lord Vader)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: My machine is possessed - Folder from Hell
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Date: 14 Feb 90 17:37:27 GMT
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In article <489b3b84.15840@valley.UUCP>, pfluegerm@valley.UUCP (Mike Pflueger) writes:
> Well, it's funny, but I recently got one of those folders from hell too.
> Seems to be a fairly common problem.
> 

> Could we maybe hear from an Apple file expert on this problem?
> 
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> Mike Pflueger @ AG Communication Systems (formerly GTE Comm. Sys.), Phoenix, AZ
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Hi.
I've had this problem too, and I found the miracle cure.  Yes, its true, it can 
be avoided.  The secret?, well, its purty simple.  It involves two things... 
Firstly, the Open File dialog [or the save file dialog] and secondly the trash 
can.  As it turns out, and you can test this out, if you are trying to trash a 
folder that you just opened a file from [or saved a file too] then when you do 
trash it, the finder screams about the folder being locked [which it is, 
technically speaking].  I find that the cure is found via disktop, or through 
the open file dialog.  If you have disktop, the answer is to just call up 
disktop and change the folder that appears from the folder you want to trash to 
any other folder [I choose the top level of the hard disk/floppy].  Having done 
this, it is now safe to trash the folder.  The alternative is to launch another 
program, which will in itself then select the folder that the program is in, 
then quit and trash the folder you wanted to trash.
Sound simple?  I realise that it is a bit long winded, but thats how it is.  
Ever since I found this out I have had no more folders refusing to depart the 
world of the desktop [except when I forget what I'm doing and trash first ask 
questions later :) ].
I hope that this helps.
No I don't know why the finder doesnt check to see if the folder you are about 
to trash is locked by open-file [save-file] and not just unselect before the 
trash.

Happy Macing!
ps:  Has anyone else [besides the original poster of the message] seen or heard 
anything about the new trojans? I haven't as yet, and no one has posted 
anything about a sighting yet either.
pps:  Has anyone found out WHERE WDEF [the virus that is] originated from?  Its 
spreading like wild fire all over the US of A, yet no one is really saying 
much about it, or how it works, or where it came from, or what its purpose is.
Just thought I'd ask.

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