I CAN'T TRASH THIS!!!
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- ible
Im on a Mac Osx 10.2.8
I've had this file on my desktop for about a month and i cant get rid of it!!. it wont let me trash it. I've even renamed the file to .mov or .swf, this fucker just won't go!!
" The Item “umm.jpg” is being used by another task right now. (Other tasks include moving, copying, or emptying the Trash.)
Trya again when the other task is complete."
There's no other task!
Help!!!!
- kpl0
have you tried going into terminal and deleting it via the command line?
(start Terminal,
type cd ~/desktop to go to your desktop directory
type rm -r [filename]
)or if that doesn't work, tried single-user mode, mounting the drive, then deleting the file via the command line?
- instantok0
there are little apps on version tracker for just this purpose...one of them should work
- shellie0
yeah the same thing happened to me with a sit file. i just live with it now.... we're happy together.. well... sometiems we fight when i try to move him or tell him to leave.. but then we make up.. and me and .sit have learned for the most part how to live together.
- chug0
dude i have this exact same problem ... i was downloading demos of dreamweaaver and flash in IE 5 (or whatever) and i quit IE before they finished and now they won't delete, even though I've gone into IE and canceled them there.
if you find something that works well tell me? thanks in advance
Cheers
- slinky0
"i love shellie."
from
~.sitkiss kiss hug hug
- instantok0
i used this one...it works...
- ible0
that link won't work instanttok whats the programme called?
chug!! yeah i've done the exact same thing with IE.
- instantok0
delete it...if you go to version tracker and do a search it should be within the first 10 or so...
- kpl0
geez, the command line isn't that hard to use, is it?
- ible0
THE FU**ER IS GONE!!!!!
I used Filenator!!
Kpl... yes that was too much for me but thanks anyway.
Weird how a little graphic can bother me so much :)
thanks again!!
- shellie0
whatever. just make me a canadian car.
- scoops0
FIY, the other quicker method for taking care of most of thoes is to go to a different dirctory than the offending item (i.e. any where but your desktop if it's on our DT) and crate a new folder, rename the folder the EXACT (extention and everything) same as the bad file, drag the new folder to the same directory and OS X will ask you if you want to overwrite the old file, say yes and pooof... all done... well, deleat the folder too i guess... but it works 90% of the time with out having to go to the terminal or DL an app for it
- lazyazzz0
scoops is my hero
- scoops0
Whooo HOO!!!
I've always wanted to be someone's!
gald it worked for you...
- chug0
*sniff* scoops *snuffle* i *cough* love you *sniff*
you've made my horrible, horrible, exam week one of beauty and desktop-cleanliness
- theshank0
so quick question... i know that panther is supposed to trash everything for good... no retrieval... does this process have to be turned on, or is everything i throw away (that gets thrown away :) gone forever?
- kpl0
yes, it need to be turned on. actually, you need to select "Secure Empty Trash" in the Finder window to do a "permanent" trashing.
- theshank0
thanks kpl!
- kerus0
CAN'T TRASH DIS..
STOP!
HAMMA TIME!
- nuxxx0
just try the terminal thingie, works like a charm!! but be careful not to trash anything else.... you can get it back!