Help! Any Mac OS X Experts out there?

[Ginseng]

Hi,

I'm hoping someone out there will have expertise with Mac OS X and be able to help me with this problem. While doing some semi-regular disk cleanup, I used Stuffit Dropstuff to compress a folder to an OS X SIT file. THe operation seemed to complete with no issues but later when I went to open it up, I got the following error message:

"The item "Docfolder.stix" is in use right now and cannot be opened.

Try again when the current task (such as moving or copying an item or emptying the trash) is complete."

Of course, it is not in use. It has just been sitting on the drive for a few weeks.

Any help would be appreciated.

Wilkey

 

[mhortsch]

Close any and all apps that relate to the file. Specifically stuffit.

That might work. If all else fails, try repairing permissions.

 

[OutlawD]

if that fails yell really loud

MOKI!!!

 

[Ginseng]

Repairing permissions and rebooting did not do it.

Wilkey

 

[mhortsch]

Do you still have the original folder?