unlocking .ds_store

[jinglesnbells]

I am trying to delete files but I keep getting the following error message:

"The operation can not be completed because the item ".ds_store" is locked"

How do I unlock this file so I can delete the other files?

Thank you for you help!

 

[botnut]

.DS_store is locked

I have exactly the same problem. Did you ever find out what to do about this? HELP!

 

[jinglesnbells]

No solution yet

I never found a way to delete the files.

 

[GGJstudios]

In the Finder, hold down Option, go to Finder pull-down menu, go to Empty Trash

 

[TuffLuffJimmy]

Why are you even seeing a DS_store? turn off any modifications you have done to your system.

To delete locked files select it, get info, uncheck the box that says 'locked'.

 

[MacsRgr8]

The .DS_Store should be hidden in the GUI simply because the filename starts with a "."
FYI, the .DS_Store file stores the Finder-window setting for that directory, and may be deleted whenever you want, but it will be re-created again.
Are you seeing these files on a WinNT server (2000, 2003)?

 

[jinglesnbells]

still no solution

I transfered some files from a windows computer to my apple computer. Everything was fine until I went to delete the folders. I moved them to the trash and proceeded to "empty trash". That is when I got the error message -
"The operation can not be completed because the item ".ds_store" is locked". For some reason the trash will not delete the folders.

When I click on the folders and go to info - the box for locked is not checked.

Thank for your help!

 

[yellow]

They are invisible files (invis to the Finder).

As noted earlier in the thread, hold down the Option key, and then choose "Empty Trash" in the FInder pull-down menu. Keep holding it down.