What's this in my Trash?

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Eluzion

macrumors 6502

Original poster

Aug 7, 2007

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• Apr 4, 2008

• #1

What is this?

I can't delete it. Even tried rm -f * from terminal in the ~/.Trash directory. If I right click the file and click 'Get Info', it will disappear but shows up again as soon as I add something to the trash.

 

mad jew

Moderator emeritus

Apr 3, 2004

32,191

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Adelaide, Australia

• Apr 5, 2008

• #2

Very weird. Do you have Photoshop installed? What third party apps do you have installed?

 

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yudilks

macrumors regular

Jan 30, 2006

227

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• Apr 6, 2008

• #3

Do you have Windows installed via Bootcamp? It usually appears when there is an error in your Windows partition...

If you have Windows in your Bootcamp partition, boot to Windows. Run chkdsk using command prompt. Or perhaps you run the Check Disk the next time Windows start. If you choose the second option, restart your Mac and boot right back into your Bootcamp partition.

Empty the Recycle Bin.. Now try to boot back to your Leopard..

 

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Inkmonkey

macrumors 6502

Oct 2, 2003

436

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Calgary

• Apr 6, 2008

• #4

I have some nonsense in my Trash as well and I can't seem to get rid of it.

 

karenflower

macrumors 6502a

Dec 7, 2007

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• Apr 6, 2008

• #5

It does look like a boot camp issue, as yudilks mentioned. There's an article about it here:

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20071218191518177

 

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Eluzion

macrumors 6502

Original poster

Aug 7, 2007

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• Apr 14, 2008

• #6

That fixed it, thanks!

I just ran Check Disk through VMWare Fusion.