On Jul 4, 2012, at 6:49 PM,7/4, Dinse, Gregg (NIH/NIEHS) [V] wrote: > Hi, > > Often I try to empty the trash and I get a message that a file can't be > deleted because the application that opened it is still in use (or something > like that). Frequently the file is a PDF. In many cases, the Preview app is > not even running, or if it is, I quit it, and still I can't empty the PDF > from the trash. I am able to use the Terminal app to delete the file, but > that's not as convenient. The file is owned by me and is not locked, so why > can't I empty it from the trash? Thanks, > > Gregg > > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
Try an app called What's Keeping Me? It will tell you what process has the file open. Frequently I've found it's a pdf from Preview but occasionally it's something else. ----------------------------------------------- There are only three kinds of stress; your basic nuclear stress, cooking stress, and A$$hole stress. The key to their relationship is Jello. neil _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
