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It worked!! (guess you knew it would)Thank you for your patience. Especially since you had to post the EXACT same solution twice. I missed the space, but got it now. Thanks again.

Okay, I realize this is getting long for perhaps a simple problem, so thanks again everyone for the help. Here's what I put in the terminal Password: rm: illegal option -- / usage: rm [-f | -i] [-dPRrvW] file ... unlink file [Redhouse:~/.Trash] mike% sudo rm...

I'm at the enter password step and can't seem to type anything...I thought this was a safety thing, but the right password typed (with no characters showing) still doesn't work

thanks... I'll try it tonight and let you know how it goes. Much appreciated.

I'm not sure if that will do it. I will try booting in OS9 to move the items to the trash, but my problem isn't emptying the trash. I can't actually get the files into the trash because they are said to be "in use by another function" though I can't seem to identify what is using these...

My problem is that I have some files on my desktop that will not go into the trash. The pop-up message says the item is currently being used by another task, even though I have tried closing all applications, restarting, checking my startup to make sure nothing activates. I think these were...