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<blockquote data-quote="djt70" data-source="post: 1064338" data-attributes="member: 161111"><p><strong>I had the same problem</strong></p><p></p><p>I have had the same problem as msen612 a few times a while ago. The file in the trash seemed to have characters that could not be recognized. I was at the time running Windows in Parallels and Ubuntu as a dual-boot partition (BootCamp). I could not remove the file from the trash from the Mac interface or command-line. I also could not delete it from Windows in Parallels (it gave some weird error message) I booted into Ubuntu and was able to delete it from there. I think I had to use the command line, but I know it was removed. I no longer have a dual-boot system, but I think you could boot to the Ubuntu Live CD and not have to actually install it to work. If I knew how to create a corrupt trash file I would test it out.</p><p></p><p>Also, be very, very careful using the "sudo rm -rf" recommendation above! If you accidentally hit "return" during some of those steps you will delete a whole bunch of stuff that you probably want to keep. It wasn't clear from the directions to _not_ press return until after typing '/.Trashes'. </p><p></p><p>Those files are extremely annoying and it took me forever to get rid of it. I wish I remembered the exact steps to tell you, but it was long time ago and I have no way to test it now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="djt70, post: 1064338, member: 161111"] [b]I had the same problem[/b] I have had the same problem as msen612 a few times a while ago. The file in the trash seemed to have characters that could not be recognized. I was at the time running Windows in Parallels and Ubuntu as a dual-boot partition (BootCamp). I could not remove the file from the trash from the Mac interface or command-line. I also could not delete it from Windows in Parallels (it gave some weird error message) I booted into Ubuntu and was able to delete it from there. I think I had to use the command line, but I know it was removed. I no longer have a dual-boot system, but I think you could boot to the Ubuntu Live CD and not have to actually install it to work. If I knew how to create a corrupt trash file I would test it out. Also, be very, very careful using the "sudo rm -rf" recommendation above! If you accidentally hit "return" during some of those steps you will delete a whole bunch of stuff that you probably want to keep. It wasn't clear from the directions to _not_ press return until after typing '/.Trashes'. Those files are extremely annoying and it took me forever to get rid of it. I wish I remembered the exact steps to tell you, but it was long time ago and I have no way to test it now. [/QUOTE]
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