Shockwave installer stuck

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sach504

macrumors member

Original poster

• Mar 26, 2003

• #1

ive got shockwave_installer.sit stuck on my desktop and when i try to delete it, it says that its being used by another task right now. what should i do to get rid of it? im on os x is that matters.

 

yzedf

macrumors 65816

• Mar 26, 2003

• #2

is your web browser still open?

if not...

pop open the terminal, enter in "ps ux" (without the quotes) find the process that is running and the PID (process id) number, then type "kill 1234" (1234 is just a example).

you should then be able to remove it from the desktop.

 

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sach504

macrumors member

Original poster

• Mar 26, 2003

• #3

my web browser is closed. i dont know which process to end so i tried ending some of them but nothing made it work and shockwave is still stuck on my desktop :-\

 

mmmdreg

macrumors 65816

• Mar 29, 2003

• #4

logout or restart and see if it's still stuck..if so, just rm it in terminal..."sudo rm -rf /path/to/foo" should do the trick

 

irmongoose

macrumors 68030

• Mar 29, 2003

• #5

Force Delete it.



irmongoose