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- From: mgreeny@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (Greeny)
- Subject: Re: Drivin' me nuts! ("in use")
- Message-ID: <C024vs.CGB@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu>
- Keywords: help!
- Organization: Greeny's Bar & Grill
- References: <Dec.29.20.43.26.1992.8873@remus.rutgers.edu>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 05:35:51 GMT
- Lines: 43
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- wilmott@remus.rutgers.edu (ray wilmott) writes:
-
- The problem is because Freehand/Pagemaker is still OPEN that the file is
- marked as "In Use".... Basically, you're probably trying to drag 'n toss
- one of the temporary files that Freehand/Pagemaker is using (because
- it's open), and the Mac is saying "you can't do that...".
-
- The trick is to either not drag those files to the trash, or to QUIT the
- offending application before trying to dump the trash.... A pain, but
- that's the way it is...
-
- >----
-
- >Hi all. At least once a day (usually more) my Mac makes me want to
- >punch it. Here's the deal - I'm using a IIci and run under Sys 7.0.
- >I use Pagemaker and Freehand frequently, so I keep them always open
- >for easy access. Quite often I find that I open a file in PM or FH,
- >and then at some point later in the day want to delete it. I drag it
- >to the trash and go to empty trash, but get a "trash cannot be
- >emptied, file is in use" message. This would be desirable if the file
- >were still *open*, but this happens even with files that I have
- >closed hours before. It seems that the system is remembering that
- >"at sometime today the file was opened; therefore it must still be
- >in use". Bzzzzz! Wrong! It's not really "in use"; I want it deleted;
- >stop hassling me!
-
- >So, does anybody have perhaps a command/option key combo that will
- >*force* the trash to empty, regardless of what the system *thinks*
- >it should do? Or maybe a ResEdit hack to get around this problem?
- >True, it's not that big of a deal - I just have to wait until I
- >"quit" PM or FH and *then* empty the trash. But just the same,
- >it's drivin' me nuts! :-)
-
-
-
- > -Ray
-
- >wilmott@remus.rutgers.edu
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