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deleting files?
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<blockquote data-quote="surfwax95" data-source="post: 290851" data-attributes="member: 12561"><p>First, I'd recommend opening Activity Monitor (Applications>Utilities) and seeing if there really is something called "htm" in use. If there is, force quit it and Empty your trash.</p><p></p><p>Secondly, sometimes simply dragging something from the Trash to the Desktop, then back to the trash will allow you to then Empty the trash.</p><p></p><p>The last thing I'd try is follow these directions step by step (if it's a single file, not a folder):</p><p></p><p>Open Terminal (Applications>Utilities).</p><p>Type: <strong>cd ~/Desktop; rm -rf </strong> <em>(Note the space at the end)</em></p><p>Then drag the file from your trash to your Desktop.</p><p>Then drag the file from your Desktop to the Terminal window.</p><p>Hit "Return" in Terminal.</p><p></p><p>Hopefully it will be gone...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="surfwax95, post: 290851, member: 12561"] First, I'd recommend opening Activity Monitor (Applications>Utilities) and seeing if there really is something called "htm" in use. If there is, force quit it and Empty your trash. Secondly, sometimes simply dragging something from the Trash to the Desktop, then back to the trash will allow you to then Empty the trash. The last thing I'd try is follow these directions step by step (if it's a single file, not a folder): Open Terminal (Applications>Utilities). Type: [b]cd ~/Desktop; rm -rf [/b] [i](Note the space at the end)[/i] Then drag the file from your trash to your Desktop. Then drag the file from your Desktop to the Terminal window. Hit "Return" in Terminal. Hopefully it will be gone... [/QUOTE]
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