Accidentally copied rather than deleting
I selected a bazillion files and started to drag them to the trash only I slipped and dumped them on the desktop. Now my finder won't open and my computer is frozen. Obviously all I want to do is either undo that process or drag all those files from the desktop to the trash. But now I can' access anything. I'm on a recent macbook air running mountain lion.
Force-quit the Mac by pressing and holding the power button.
Restart, and give it some time for it. Don't open any app, but unless your desktop was already full, begin trashing the files from there. You can select multiple files (icons) by dragging the mouse over it with the mouse button held. Intsead of dragging them to the trash, riight-click on them and then "Move to trash" (maybe that's a good idea for next time, anyway? )
Again, give the Finder time to execute it all. Don't select too many files at once, rather do it multiple times.
If your desktop was already full, use a Finder window. If Finder will stall (spinning beach ball) relaunch it via Force Quit from the "Apple" menu.
Next time something goes wrong with file transfer and the system remains responsive, Finder knows Command-Z for "undo" as well...
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