Thanks again, I have tried many of these, to no avail. If I try to move the files out of trash, it just makes copies of the file and the original is still in the trash, now I have many files in the trash as I have needed to move the ones from the desktop back into the trash. This is getting ridiculous.
I went to VersionTracker, under force empty trash it comes up with Cocktail (which I already have), and sure enough it has a tab to force empty the trash, doesn't work. I will now download the program "Force Empty Trash", but I am not getting excited. This is unreal, the file (which says it is a sample bar code font) is not in use by anything, I can't even find the font on the system other than in the trash, so if it is in use then I can't trash it. I have been using these great machines since the 80's and I have never had anything like it. The old program that this font was associated with was an OS 9 program, but I had not used the program in years, I had even forgotten about it. I'll keep trying, thanks to all. John R. On Aug 23, 2006, at 6:15 AM, RobK wrote: > John, try these: > > Is the file locked? Get Info on the file and make sure the locked > flag isn't set. > > Rename the file to something simple like: JUNK then try to trash > it. Apple Support suggests that the name of the host volume not > contain any special ASCII characters. > > Move the file out of the trash and use Disk Utility to repair > permissions. Then try to trash it. > > If that doesn't work, you'll need to do it from Terminal, but I > can't remember the commands. > > Apple has some other suggestions here: http://docs.info.apple.com/ > article.html?artnum=106272 > > 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> | 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>
