On 5 Jan, 2007, at 11:53 AM, Peter wrote:

> Hi guys
> Happy New year to all.
> I have a problem, I got a new Imac 24" Screen Intel Core 2 Duo,  
> Running 10.4.8

There are 2 kinds of people in the world: those who have a 24" iMac,  
and those who want one. Isn't it gorgeous? Now hang a second monitor  
off to one side or the other and line up seven FB windows side by  
side...

> and I firewired my old Computer contents over to the New one. It  
> worked like a charm, everything was exactly the same as the old setup.
> 	Then I got "Smart" I though I should housekeep a bit, so I started  
> cleaning out old files etc. (In hind sight I should have done this  
> Before I moved it all over, But...) Anyway there is a file called  
> •Gateway Plugin from 2002 a FB File,  which was locked, so I opened  
> Info and unlocked it, tried to Empty the Trash again, No go, I  
> still had this locked file, I went on Apple's Web Site and you may  
> not be able to trash something thats locked! unless you start up as  
> single user and use line entry access. Last time I used that was  
> 1983 on a Wang System, So does anyone have a simpler way. I also  
> tried just moving this file somewhere that would not bother me, the  
> result is that I now have 12 copies of this file!!! What is  
> happening ?

I've seen a similar situation where a file can't be trashed after it  
was opened by an app (as often as not, Preview) until that app is  
quit. Apparently, something thinks that the document is still open  
in, or, perhaps, readily available to, that app. I've not yet found a  
case where a file can't be trashed - and trash emptied - with nothing  
but Finder running.
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