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From: wiseman@tellab5.tellabs.com (Jeff Wiseman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: My machine is possessed - Folder from Hell
Message-ID: <2153@tellab5.tellabs.com>
Date: 23 Feb 90 18:42:11 GMT
References: <15543@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> <1990Feb6.213912.26834@ultra.com> <14003@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> <4259@cbnewsl.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: wiseman@tellab5.UUCP (Jeff Wiseman)
Organization: Tellabs, Inc. Lisle IL
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In article <4259@cbnewsl.ATT.COM> prg@bonnie.ATT.COM writes:
>In article <14003@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>, englandr@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Scott Englander) writes:
>> 
>> 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.
>
>Oh!  How come my version of ResEdit comes back with an Alert that says
>(paraphrased) 'That operation is not allowed on a non-empty folder'?

I posted a suggestion a ways back that may not have gotten out of our mail
machine.

In the past, I have drug (dragged?) the ofending folder into the trash using
the option key (or command, I can't remember which). Then once its in the
trash, I hit the programmer's reset button.

It always seemed to get rid of the folder but it seems insecure. If anyone
knows of dangers that might exist doing this I need to know. Otherwise, this is
how I get rid of these strange beasties.


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