unable to empty trash in leopard

If you are deleting a protected file I do not think it will allow you to empty. Try moving all the files into a separate folder on your desktop and then delete them one-by-one? Or delete them by type if you have a lot of files in your trash. This has happened to me before I think because I had a system file in there. Hope this helps...

You can also try to reboot and then delete; some times this works for me.

vansouza said:

You can also try to reboot and then delete; some times this works for me.

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or u can try File >> Secure Empty Trash ..?

ucsdmac said:

or u can try File >> Secure Empty Trash ..?

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Or just open terminal, enter ' cd ~/.Trash' and then 'rm *'
(where rm * means delete everything in this directory, you could also specify
a file: rm filename)