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From: englandr@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Scott Englander)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: My machine is possessed - Folder from Hell
Message-ID: <14003@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 20 Feb 90 19:03:27 GMT
References: <15543@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> <1990Feb6.213912.26834@ultra.com>
Reply-To: englandr@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Scott Englander)
Organization: Princeton University, NJ
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In article <1990Feb6.213912.26834@ultra.com> rich@ultra.com (Rich Fall) writes:
>yang@mist.cs.orst.edu (Sherry Yang) writes:
>
>>We have discovered a folder on one of the MacIIs in our lab that has nothing 
>>in it, but it will not let us throw it away.  It kept coming back with a 

>
>My solution?  Use a backup program to save the hard disk, then reformat and
>restore.  Some Mac hacker out there may know a better solution (and perhaps
>why the problem occurs), but I don't.

No need to take such drastic action.  Simply select the folder from
within ResEdit, and then select "Clear" from the Edit menu.  That will
get rid of it.
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                                               - Scott