Trash won't empty

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I'm having a problem getting my desktop trash folder to empty. Whether I click on trash can or use the menu, if I request "Secure empty trash", I get a notice saying:

"Some items are locked. Do you want to empty all the items, or just the unlocked ones?"

Regardless of which choice I make, I get a pop up progress indicator.
This lasts only about three or four seconds, then disappears.
Either it will count down a few items or none at all.

But once it disappears, the action discontinues.

If I check later, no further items have been disposed of.

Anyone else have this problem? A fix?

Thanks in advance!

Running 10.7.3.
iMac 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
 

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I'm having a problem getting my desktop trash folder to empty. Whether I click on trash can or use the menu, if I request "Secure empty trash", I get a notice saying:

"Some items are locked. Do you want to empty all the items, or just the unlocked ones?"

Regardless of which choice I make, I get a pop up progress indicator.
This lasts only about three or four seconds, then disappears.
Either it will count down a few items or none at all.

But once it disappears, the action discontinues.

If I check later, no further items have been disposed of.

Anyone else have this problem? A fix?

Thanks in advance!

Running 10.7.3.
iMac 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM

Check out this thread for a solution:

i wanna empty my trash
 

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