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EMW

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Whenever I try to empty the Trash in OS X I get 'The operation cannot be completed because the item ".Trash" is in use', so I can't delete anything. I've placed Trash items on the desktop and emptied them in OS 9, but even if I create a New Folder in OS X and place it in the Trash, I get this message. I know it's not a Priveleges or Locked Items issue so I'm confused. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
EMW - I am having the same problem as you are, exactly. I haven't found a gui solution but this one works if you aren't afraid of the terminal. If anyone else knows a real solution to fix the problem forever, please let us both know. Anyway,

Trash thread

and the actual instructions from the thread

If you dont trashed the can yet you can open terminal and type:

"cd Desktop"

then you type :

"cd .Trash" (note type it without the qoutes)

Now you have told the terminal to browse into the trash directory from your root directory in your home folder.
Now typ this command to clen the trash:

"sudo rm -r *" If it promts you try to type it without "-r"

Now youy have to type your password to force clen the trash you won´t see what youre typing i dont why but the leters is there...Then the trash shoudl be empty :-)

//Macfreak
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It appears that many things may cause this problem but from the thread mentioned above, I took the advice of making all files visible after rebooting in OS9. I removed .Trash file from my user, restarted in OSX and boomya!!! Of course, you may have already realized this and now I'm just padding my post numbers. Ah, such is life.
 
What you need is a caped crusader...
or at least, BatCHMOD!
http://www.macchampion.com:16080/arbysoft/

It has an option to force empty the trash, as well as other file permission goodness. Interested? Read on...

BatChmod is a Cocoa utility written by Renaud Boisjoly for manipulating file and folder privileges in Mac OS X.

It allows the manipulation of ownership as well as the privileges associated to the Owner, Group or others.

Here are some of the characteristics of BatChmod:


* Its simple and elegant
* It allows one to change any specific privilege or ownership without affecting the others
(ie, changing the group without affecting the owner, or adding or removing a specific privilege without affecting all the others).
* It can recursively affect enclosed folders.
* It can Force Empty the Trash, even when it contains locked files!
* It's extremely free!
 
Originally posted by sjb2016
... Of course, you may have already realized this and now I'm just padding my post numbers. Ah, such is life.
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You can do that? (said coyly with innocent, Bambi-like eyes blinking) Wow, what a novel concept.
 
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