John: If the previous idea doesn't work, here are some other ideas:
Make a new folder on your desktop, move the file into it. Change the name to something like: junk.rtf Then use TextEdit to make a new document. Save it as junk.rtf in the same folder and agree to overwrite. If it works, you should be able to delete the whole folder. If that doesn't work, move the file to the hard drive and boot into OS9. See if you can delete it there. rob Profile wrote: > 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> > > | 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>
