Deleting stuck files.

[G4-Tower:~] wally% rm -r .Trash/
rm: .Trash//Legal.localized/Tiếng Việt.html: No such file or directory
rm: .Trash//Legal.localized: Directory not empty
rm: .Trash/: Directory not empty
So I downloaded a trial version of Photoshop CS2, then when i go to delete it after the trial expired this file never deleted, it is a folder called Legal with a File inside of it, I have tried using a terminal command to delete it but than this showed up. Any ideas on how to delete it or should i just ignore it.

Restart from your Mac OS X 10.4 installation disk, use the Disk Utility on that disk to repair your hard disk(not repair permissions), and then restart from your hard disk. You should then be able to delete the file.
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http://www.osxfaq.com/Tutorials/LearningCenter/HowTo/Trash/index.ws
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