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February 5th, 2008, 04:00 PM
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| Why can't I delete this. file ?? I would appriciate help from anyone who might have any ideas about this problem I am having, its driving me crazy ! I have one file in my Trash, its called 'Windows Media Player' and its 2.1MB in size. The problem is, whenever I try to 'Empty Trash' I get an error message saying 'The operation cannot be completed because the file wmphelp.htm is locked'. I dont know what or where 'wmphelp.htm' is (its certainly not in the trash folder) and I dont know what its got to do with the file that I am actually trying to delete. (Windows Media Player). I am using a G4 Powerbook running 10.4.6  |
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February 5th, 2008, 05:21 PM
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| Hi Paul, would this do it?
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February 5th, 2008, 07:05 PM
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| I think the short answer is to hold down the option key while you're emptying the trash. That should "force-delete" any locked items in there.
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