I am unable to empty the trash. it keeps saying that it is being used by another task. I have tried rebooting and problem persist.

I am not very computer savy and am hoping one of you can give me an easy fix.  I am unable to empty my trash. A window pops up and says, "the trash can't be emptied because it is being used by another task, such as moving or copying an item or emptying trash.  Try again when current task is complete."  That has been going on for several days.  I did discover that my trash contained over 2,000 items.  When I tried to empty them this is what happened.  I also must have on auto save because everything I've ever worked on is saved.
HELP???

Did you by any chance hit Secure Empty Trash? Restart then see if holding down the Option (alt) key while hitting Empty Trash works.

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