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Empty trash hung up on locked folder
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<blockquote data-quote="stellman" data-source="post: 650815" data-attributes="member: 53234"><p>I am encountering a problem emptying trash. I go into Finder and click on Empty Trash.</p><p>I get the usual message “Are you sure you want to remove the items in the Trash permanently? I click OK. I get a message “Emptying the Trash cannot be completed because “AHF Lab and Preliminary Analysis is locked.” [This is a folder.] To empty everything in the Trash, including locked items, press the Option key while selecting Empty Trash.” Doing this has no effect. The same message comes up whether I hold down the Option key or not. How do I unlock this folder? I searched Mac Help for “unlocking folders” but came up empty.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="stellman, post: 650815, member: 53234"] I am encountering a problem emptying trash. I go into Finder and click on Empty Trash. I get the usual message “Are you sure you want to remove the items in the Trash permanently? I click OK. I get a message “Emptying the Trash cannot be completed because “AHF Lab and Preliminary Analysis is locked.” [This is a folder.] To empty everything in the Trash, including locked items, press the Option key while selecting Empty Trash.” Doing this has no effect. The same message comes up whether I hold down the Option key or not. How do I unlock this folder? I searched Mac Help for “unlocking folders” but came up empty. [/QUOTE]
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