How to delete ghost preference file?

From: Jeanne <Jeanne.Clelland@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 08:04:36 -0800 (PST)

I have a file listed in my Preferences folder which contains bizarre
characters, has no icon, disappears when I click on it, and can't be
deleted, even from the terminal. I discovered it because it was
causing an error which prevented me from migrating my account to a new
MacBook Pro. (Grrrrr!)

So, I ran disk utility, which found problems and appeared to fix
them. But now this file is in the trash, and I still can't get rid of
it no matter what I do, and it's STILL preventing me from migrating
the account to the new computer. Does anyone know how to get rid of
this ghost?

Jeanne

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