corrupted alias: can't be deleted

[brijazz]

I have a few alias files that popped up after Firefox crashed while downloading. They can't be deleted, dragged, or even referenced in the terminal (I tried running ls -a, and they didn't appear in the listing). Permissions for these files is "unknown access".

Here's oddest part: these aliases only show up in Smart Folders. In this case, they're aliases to video files that were downloading to my ~/Downloads folder, so if I set up a Smart Folder that limits itself to video files, the corrupted aliases appear. If I browse my ~/Downloads folder in Finder, they're nowhere to be found.

Any advice?

 

[wrldwzrd89]

File system errors may be to blame here. Try verifying your startup disk with Disk Utility.

 

[brijazz]

Yup, that did the trick. Disk Utility reported orphaned blocks. Repaired the disk, restarted and all is well.

Thanks!