HT1338 I can't empty my trash.

I can't empty my trash. I cleaned up my hard disk but I still can't empty my trash. How can I fix this problem?

Have you done this yet, in Terminal?
sudo chown -R [your_username] .Trash
where you replace [your_username] with the name of your Home folder/User account name (also remove the square bracekts).
Press 'return' and enter your password when prompted (your keypresses will not be echoed to the screen, so type carefully)
It won't delete anything, but it will set the proper permissions for your Trash folder.
After executing this command, try empting the trash in the normal way.

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Hey,
I keep trying to empty the trash on my macbook pro as it says i have just under 2gb of harddrive space left. I can't update my software as i don't have enough harddrive space left.
Every time i try and empty the trash it says that it can't empty the trash and gives an error code -8003.
Any ideas how i can fix this?
Many Thanks,
Charlie

Can't empty trash:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1526?viewlocale=en_US
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Hi All,
Sorry, but this is another "I can't empty my trash" problem.
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tenorhorn wrote:
Hi All,
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When you trash a file, it goes into the local (maybe hidden) trash folder on the harddrive. The desktop trash only contains a link to the actual file in the trashbin on the external drive.
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cd .Trash
ls -al
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Hey donnie90,
It seems like this article might be the best for helping you address this issue:
You can't empty the Trash or move a file to the Trash
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1526
Thanks for coming to the Apple Support Communities!
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