Occasionally for a file I've sent to the trash such as a .jpg file
I'll get the message from the system "file in use cannot empty" or
similar if I attempt to empty trash. If I restart the no longer
wanted file disappears. Is this "typical" behaviour?
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Joseph wrote:
> Occasionally for a file I've sent to the trash such as a .jpg file
> I'll get the message from the system "file in use cannot empty" or
> similar if I attempt to empty trash. If I restart the no longer
> wanted file disappears. Is this "typical" behaviour?
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>
Perhaps you did not quit the application that you were using to view the
file?



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On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 15:19:04 GMT, Marshall <notmkatzman@verizon.net>
wrote:

>Joseph wrote:
>> Occasionally for a file I've sent to the trash such as a .jpg file
>> I'll get the message from the system "file in use cannot empty" or
>> similar if I attempt to empty trash. If I restart the no longer
>> wanted file disappears. Is this "typical" behaviour?
>> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>>
>Perhaps you did not quit the application that you were using to view the
>file?

Nope. I was using preview and I quit preview.
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On 6/10/05 4:27 PM, in article td8ka1dv9l6m5dbo5vck8eoj2eqq8q42o1@4ax.com,
"Joseph" <JoeOfSeattle******.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 15:19:04 GMT, Marshall <notmkatzman@verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Joseph wrote:
>>> Occasionally for a file I've sent to the trash such as a .jpg file
>>> I'll get the message from the system "file in use cannot empty" or
>>> similar if I attempt to empty trash. If I restart the no longer
>>> wanted file disappears. Is this "typical" behaviour?
>>> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>>>
>> Perhaps you did not quit the application that you were using to view the
>> file?
>
> Nope. I was using preview and I quit preview.
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Either you had another app open that was using the file, your version of
Preview is broken in some way, or your system is screwed up in a way I've
never seen.

Stu
(who sees what he sees)

NP: Crest by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Michael Brook

Joseph wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 15:19:04 GMT, Marshall <notmkatzman@verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
>
>>Joseph wrote:
>>
>>>Occasionally for a file I've sent to the trash such as a .jpg file
>>>I'll get the message from the system "file in use cannot empty" or
>>>similar if I attempt to empty trash. If I restart the no longer
>>>wanted file disappears. Is this "typical" behaviour?
>>>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>>>
>>
>>Perhaps you did not quit the application that you were using to view the
>>file?
>
>
> Nope. I was using preview and I quit preview.
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>

I've seen that ocassionally, too. A reset usually does the job. And
there are utilities out which will force the issue. One is iEmpty