Error -8003 emptying trash

I have been getting persistent error -8003 trying to empty trash on Mac OS 10.6.8, even after reboot.

I eventually succeeded by moving files out of trash and re-deleting them in batches, each time emptying trash. This seemed to work. But of course this shouldn't be necessary and I'm concerned there's some underlying problem needing to be fixed.

Has anyone else hit this one? (I've looked through this forum without success).

How much are you attempting to empty from Trash at once and do you have write permissions for all the deletions? You stated that you can empty the Trash in smaller amounts. Read through the following article which explains what error 8003 means when attempting to empty the Trash: LINK

Many thanks for the reply. The article looks highly relevant although I'm not aware of not having the right permissions. Perhaps problem started because I was trying to delete trash from USB drive at the same time.

Thanks again

- Malcolm

As with Windows, when deleting from an external hard drive, leave the drive connected and powered up until after the Trash has emptied. Otherwise the items simply return to the trash on next connection.