Emptying my trash

I have a legal folder in my trash that won't let me delete it. Everytime I click empty trash it does nothing and the legal folder is in there. How can I nuke this annoying little problem?

Does it give a warning or notification, or just doesn't delete?

Have you rebooted your computer? It may be in use somehow, and you may need to reboot to stop it from being used.


Another thing that may work is holding Option while selecting 'Empty Trash.'

FINDER > SECURE EMPTY TRASH

That will usually do the trick.

baggss said:

FINDER > SECURE EMPTY TRASH

That will usually do the trick.

Click to expand...

Okay, I did that and it said that the file is in use but I've rebooted several times. How do I find out what program is using this stupid legal folder? It's so frusterating how something so simple is so hard to do.

try command+alt+shift+delete

should do the trick
-chris

If it is still happening after a reboot than it is likely that something that is in the login folder is causing it. Look in System Prefs/Accounts and see what is in your login items folder that could be causing this

It's not in my login items or anything. What is the deal here...

Try this, works every time http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/14884

Still won't work. What is going on?

Pull the folder out of the trash, restart, put it back in and try to empty it.

Also, when you do a "Get Info" (Click the file and press the Apple key + I key) does it show the file is locked?

The only other thing I can think of is to log in as root and try it from there...

I just put two locked folders in trash it, they were deleted.

There is a file inside of the legal folder called Tieng Viet.html and I try to remove it from the folder and it won't let me no matter what. This is very odd. I can't delete the legal folder or this .html folder.

Sherman i've having the exact same problem as you.
This happened after i reinstalled my adobe illustrator.
Can't seem to delete it still, anyone have any ideas?

Wow this piece of trash is really irritating, it doesnt appear in root and trash.it will crash trying to delete it =/
login folder doesnt lighten anything up either

Go into Terminal.
Type this:

sudo rm -rf

That should clear up your Trash issue.
:black:

EDIT: On a side note, make sure that you indeed want to empty everything in your Trash before you do that. It will/should wipe out everything in there.

Typing that in doesn't work either... boy, this thing sure is stubborn.

Sherman ,
I have the same problem and going crazy about it."File in use wmphelp.htm "
I had deleted the windows media player from applications.After that , I can not empty my trash can.!!! I have tried everything what you wrote before but they did not work?

I want to ask that where is Trash Folder in HDD ?
How can we delete it ?
Also from terminal , when I write sudo rm-rf ,it says
We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System
Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things:

#1) Respect the privacy of others.
#2) Think before you type.
#3) With great power comes great responsibility.

Anyone figure out the answer to this one? I'm having this problem now.

Thanks,
--
MacGuy18