Nolan, What a great little program, very sweet......it just didn't work, even using the "super" section that requires the administrator password. It says it got it, but the two files are still there. I appreciate all the help, this one is a bear.
John R. On Aug 23, 2006, at 6:53 PM, NPfield at aol.com wrote: > On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 20:01 Profile wrote: > > >I need help trying to empty the trash. > > Maybe you've solved the problem by now, John, but I'm surprised no > one mentioned iEmpty, which someone on the list led me to some > months ago. I think it's freeware from Version Tracker. It's > been so long since I used it that my original app had somehow > disappeared, but last week I had a problem similiar to yours -- a > file that was "locked or in use" (when I knew doggone well it > wasn't). I tracked down the website, downloaded a new iEmpty, and > it cured the problem in seconds. > > While I'm at it, a question about macgroup "etiquette": after being > on the list for a couple of years (digest), I still don't know how > to copy and reply to an earlier message as others seem to do. My > only solution is to open a new "write mail," insert the macgroup > address from my address book, then copy and paste the post I'm > responding to, which generally involves some editing and > rewriting. Also, I note that my (infrequent) posts are semi- > garbled; many punctuation marks turn up as "special characters" and > spaces are often lacking between words. Is that because I'm on > aol? Or what am I doing wrong? > > Much tnx, > > Nolan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20060823/c0c5b24e/attachment.html
