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Mac Forum / Applications / Media Player / November 2005Can't trash old copy of Windows Media Player
I keep getting a message that it is locked, but the applicationn "Get Info" says it isn't. This hasn't happened before, does anyone have any ideas? > I keep getting a message that it is locked, but the applicationn "Get > Info" says it isn't. This hasn't happened before, does anyone have any > ideas? hold down "alt" and empty the trash  Signature------------------------------------------- Swedish Webcams <http://www.webcams.zap.to> ------------------------------------------- Ctrl-click the app and go to "show package contents." Look inside for anything that has a lock on it. Just start deleting anything you can one at a time and when you can't delete something, go to "get info" for that item and unlock it. A bit of a hassle, but it should be effective! I just experienced this same problem. Everytime I attempted to empty out my trash can, I would receive a bunch of error messages stating x, y, & z are locked. After much frustration, I decided to use disc utility (under the utilities folder in my applications folder) and selected repair disc permissions. After it was complete, I was able to empty out my trash can! Hope this helps.... > Ctrl-click the app and go to "show package contents." Look inside for > anything that has a lock on it. Just start deleting anything you can > one at a time and when you can't delete something, go to "get info" for > that item and unlock it. A bit of a hassle, but it should be effective! > I just experienced this same problem. Everytime I attempted to empty out my > trash can, I would receive a bunch of error messages stating x, y, & z are > locked. After much frustration, I decided to use disc utility (under the > utilities folder in my applications folder) and selected repair disc > permissions. After it was complete, I was able to empty out my trash can! > Hope this helps.... Holding down the alt-key as you empty the trash from the Dock is really the easiest way to go to force-delete the trashed items... Corentin Signature--- Mac:MS MVP (Francophone) --- http://www.mvps.org - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com MVPs are not MS employees - Les MVP ne travaillent pas pour MS Remove "NoSpam" to e-mail me - Retirez "NoSpam" pour m'écrire |
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