Finder deletes instantly

[Slrman]

I'm running OSX 10.6.8 on a 2.66 GHz iMac with 6 GB of Ram.

Within the last week or so, it has started deleting as soon as I put anything in the trash, either by dragging it or right-clicking and selecting "move to Trash". It does show a window warning me the file will be deleted immediately and it cannot be undone.

I have not been able to find any setting in the preferences file to cause this. Does anyone have an idea? I'd appreciate it.

 

[Spawn_Dooley]

As a first step, if you haven't already tried this, then try relaunching Finder ... Option click the Finder icon in your Dock for the command to show.

 

[Slrman]

Thanks, selecting "Force Quit" from the Apple menu and then restarting the Finder did the trick. What's strange is, I have restarted my system, and therefore Finder, a couple of times since this started with no improvement in Finder behavior.

Well, when you consider how complex a computer actually is and all the things that can go wrong, it's amazing they ever work at all.

Thanks, again

 

[Spawn_Dooley]

Great, glad it's sorted quickly