TITLE
    Why Does The Trash Empty Automatically?
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9/5/96
11/3/97
TOPIC


    I have a Performa 6400/200 computer. Whenever I put anything in the Trash and Restart the computer, the trash can automatically empties itself. I have reset the Parameter RAM (PRAM) and I started up with extensions off, but it makes no difference.

    I checked the "Get Info" window on Trash and it IS marked to WARN BEFORE EMPTYING. I started from the disk and ran Disk First Aid which says everything is fine.

    What is wrong?

DISCUSSION


    There is an application called At Ease that ships on Performa 6400/180 and 6400/200 computers. At Ease has a feature that will empty the trash after each user logs out or restarts/shuts down, to prevent the next user from accessing the previous user's documents.



    It is possible that you may have turned on At Ease 3.0. If there is only one user assigned to At Ease (you have not created any others), then the initial login screen will not appear, so you may not realize that At Ease is running. The computer just goes ahead and selects the only user there is and proceeds. At Ease ignores the Trash's Warn Before Emptying option.



    To stop the Trash from automatically emptying itself after a restart, turn off At Ease.




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Sub Category: General Topics

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