At 17:06 -0800 12/29/05, richard ehmann wrote: >Need some help. Have a G3/300 with 9.2. Some how or other I botched up >the trash icon. It is always shaded over (can't see the trash barrel) >but see something that looks like a boot with closely placed dots on it. >If I empty the trash the correct icon returns. As soon as I put >something into the trash its usual icon is replaced with the the boot >like thing. >No matter what I do I can't open the trash. At present I have something >in the trash I need to retrieve.
Are you sure you don't have something moved right over the trash can? I do that sometimes when I miss the trash icon by a few pixels while dragging something there. Mouse down over the trash can, or whatever the icon looks like, and drag it to the side and see if you get two items. Click once on it and do a File_GetInfo to see if it really is the trash can. Use Finder_file_make alias and move that away. See if you can open the trash there. >Can anyone help? I chalk this problem up to my age, Im 75 and not too >swift anymore on the Mac anymore. Never was actually. You got me beat by 4 years. I'm working on Linux. I'm pretty sure the two trash icons are stored as resources in the Finder application. Unless you have been messing with ResEdit I can't imagine them changing without other serious bugs occurring in Finder. You may have to do some reinstalling if the resource is actually bad. The only software I ever saw that purposely does things like that is "the Grouch" which stopped working circa system 5. -- --> Science is the business of discovering and codifying the rules and methods employed by the Intelligent Designer. Religions provide myths to mollify the anxiety experienced by those who choose not to participate. <-- -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:g-list@mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
