Emptying Trash leads to Shut Down

Hi all!
Thanks for helping me! I need help urgently!
All of a sudden, I dont know whatever happened, I was using my computer normally and when I tried to empty my trash, it will lead to a screen whereby it ask me to hold my power button and shut down and restart. Everytime I try to empty the trash, it will ask me to shut down!
the best news? I just reformatted my com yesterday :(!!!!!
How could this problem arise out of nowhere? Hmmmm
Thanks again for all the help!

Relaunch the Finder, then from the Finder menu bar, select
Finder ▹ Preferences... ▹ Advanced
and uncheck the box marked
Empty Trash securely
Try again to empty the Trash.

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