Empty trash not working in safe mode

eemptied cache into trash. Booted in safe mode. Now empty trash in safe mode not clearing the cache trash. Help needed. Thx.

Why would you even want to empty the Trash in Safe Mode? You should do that in normal mode, I suspect yo don't quite understand what Safe Mode is for, please read Apple's OS X: What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode?

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