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From: MSR104@psuvm.psu.edu (Mike Rineer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: My machine is possessed - Folder from Hell
Message-ID: <90053.211443MSR104@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 23 Feb 90 02:14:43 GMT
References: <15543@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> <1990Feb6.213912.26834@ultra.com>
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In article <14003@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>, englandr@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Scott
Englander) says:
>
>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.
>--

Don't even have to do that.  Just reboot and then Trash it normally.

--Mike