Computer problem

[Pittsburgh]

Hi, I have a computer problem andt I can't figure out how to solve it. I am using my wife's computer and have one large folder with my name on it. It contains many other folders such as--woodworking, tools, stock trading ideas, etc. etc. Recently, I was dragging a photo from the desktop to the proper folder and something went wrong. There is a ghost image of the folder on the desk top along with the actual image of the folder. I can't drag any of the desk icons to the trash and I can't get rid of the ghost image. I asked my brother who knows a lot about computers and he gave me instructions about unlocking something but when I checked and did what he said nothing happened. Any idea on how to correct this problem? Thank you.

 

[Spellbinder]

"Computer" won't get you any real help here. Before anyone can help you, you need to post your Mac model, specs and which version of OS X you are running.

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[Pittsburgh]

The computer is an IMac. It is running OSX version 10.95. It has a 2.7 GHZ Intel core i5 and the memory is 8GB, 1600MHZ DDR3. I hope this gives enough information that helps to solve the problem.

 

[MacInWin]

Have you tried rebooting, then see if you can delete the ghost icon (I presume that's what you want to do, although you didn't actually say)?

 

[Pittsburgh]

Thank you very much Jake. That solved the problem.

Sincerely,
Herbert Klug