Russ, Yes I have rebooted, and that didn't help, now I'll try your suggestion, and I so thank you for answering.
John R. On Aug 22, 2006, at 8:30 PM, R. D. Preston wrote: > Have you tried rebooting first, then empty trash? > > Otherwise, to answer your "bare essentials" question... > From Mac Help: > "Start up in Safe Mode (Only essential Mac OS X items are started. > Some features and applications might not work correctly.) > Hold down the Shift key immediately after the startup tone, > and release when you see the progress indicator (looks like > a spinning gear)." > > Regards, > Russ Preston > > > On Aug 22, 2006, at 8:01 PM, Profile wrote: > >> I need help trying to empty the trash. In making a copy of some >> files I found that I couldn't copy them to the firewire drive, >> saying that "code3dig" was busy. I had no idea what that was, so >> to find out I made a copy of the entire folder, then put the >> original in the trash and emptied. Ahhhh, I couldn't empty >> several of the files, "code3dig" was busy. >> >> It seems that an old forms design program "Informed" (That I have >> not used in years) has a font by the name of code3Dig that is in >> the Sample Bar Code Fonts. Now this has never appeared before, I >> have made copies of that folder forever but now somehow this bar >> code font is active. >> >> I have tried everything I can think of to empty the trash. I have >> completely gotten rid of all the Informed folders, backup folders, >> etc. and according to Spotlight the only "Informed" items on the >> machine are in the trash, but I can't empty. Years ago you could >> hold down on a key combination and start with just the bare >> extensions, and often this would allow you to do what was needed, >> but I don't know how to either "quit" the font, or override the >> stopping of the emptying. >> >> Any help on how to do this would sure be appreciated, many thanks. >> >> John R. > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be August 22 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. > | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be August 22 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
