Is it possible to interrupt or cancel the trash-delete process?

Posted by pete on Super User See other posts from Super User or by pete
Published on 2012-01-10T14:52:46Z Indexed on 2012/09/14 21:40 UTC
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I am connected to the company server, onsite not remote, which is Windows based. When, in the OS finder, I go to delete a file or directory that resides on the window-based server, the trash progress panel appears as usual. Not infrequently it will just hang there appearing to be active but no progress occurs on the progress bar. So the X is chosen to stop or cancel the process. A new panel appears, and while appearing to be active, again, just hangs there indefinitely.

My lack of reputation prevents posting a screen shot - sorry.

The question then is this: Is there a way via the Activity Monitor, Terminal, etc. to interrupt this deleting process in the Mac OS? Currently, I have to force shutdown and reboot to eradicate the ever-deleting panel. Finder relaunch does not solve and only eliminates the finder until I force reboot.

Any assistance is appreciated.

Thanks, Pete iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8), i7-2.8ghz, 8gb ram

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