Problem deleting a folder from desktop

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Incubated Funk

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Hi Guys

I cant seem to be able to delete a .sit folder from my desktop. I tried running a program called force delete but this didnt seem to work for some reason (sure it used to under 10.3.7)

Any ideas? I dont know how to use the terminal

Cheers
Tom
 
Open the Terminal Application (in Utilities folder) and type:

cd ~/.Trash
<hit return>

sudo rm -rf

put a space after the f and drag the item you want deleted to the terminal so that its path is automatically entered, then press return

give it your admin password and hit return
This is actually more typing than is strictly necessary, but Changing Directory to the trash helps make certain you won't remove anything that is outside of that directory. You could just type "rm -rf *" to remove everything inside of the directory, but again being specific helps avoid mistakes.
 
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