One more question. I've never used Terminal before but following your directions I was able to open a shell and see the list of my files but when I typed
rm -r. phex
I got a message that said "illegal option". I tried it twice and got the same message. I used a space after the m and a space after the . is that correct? Macphex still won't open so the folder must still be there. I truly appreciate your assistance with this. Thank you! Macvoyager