Help ical past event

hi there,
i cal wont delete past event automatically. i tried the ical preference->advance tab then tick the box delete event X days after they past an the to do list as well.
i call the apple support they told me to drop and drag plist and does not work, then they told me to reinstall ical still does not work
after that they told me to do archive install same not working and now they told me to erase all my file and reinstall OS again, well it does not work. and now they don't know what to do. please help me to fix this or email to me the solution
thanks in advance
regards
AL

got it. even thought you can't scroll to the end of the frozen message. enter will validate and delete immediately. saves the app.

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