A few items are stuck in my trash

Some items will not remove my trash. When this has happened (several times in the 4 years that I've owned this computer) simply by restarting the computer solved the problem; It then deletes. Not this time. It happened about 2 weeks ago.

I had just joined a new DHM and transferred all the files of former JEP to the new in batches, removing the stuff I want more along the way. Stuck in the trash are items that have been on the old disk (which is always connected and used by my family).

Whenever I emptied the trash for the past 2 weeks, I get this error message:

Many other things that I deleted these 2 weeks have removed, but these elements just standing here. They are not locked. Of course they are not in use regardless of what the error message says.  First of all, I google the day it happened and tried something in the DOS prompt suggested in this article (I don't remember what) and that has not worked.

Now I get a different error message when I try to empty the trash too:

Can someone tell me how to get rid of these unwanted items in my trash? It is kind of silly, maybe I could not ignore them, but I've also dealt with General slowness with my computer this month (see my last thread, posted a few minutes ago) and wonder if this could be a part.

Thank you!

Try to restart the computer, and then delete the files or empty the trash. Or you can visit visit The FAQ XLab and read the FAQ on the resolution of the Trash of related issues.

Visit The FAQ XLab and read the FAQ on the waste problems. You can also try using Trash it! 5.1 to solve the problem. Or you can try this:

Open the Terminal in the Utilities folder, and paste the following at the command prompt:

sudo rm - Rf ~ /. Trash

Press RETURN. Enter your administrator password when prompted. It will not echo to screen. Press RETURN again.

(Someone should tell you that it is dangerous or useless, please disregard the comment.)

You can't empty the trash or move a file to the trash

Tags: Mac

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