My trash can won't open up

When I click on my little trash can icon, Finder becomes the active application but it doesn't open. It just started doing this randomly. Anybody have any suggestions?

you are not the only one seeing this problem:
http://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?t=92379&page=2
I booted off the OSX install DVD and ran disk utility (disk repair, then repair permissions) and that solved the problem. First thing after I logged back in was to test 'franktinsley's suggestion and used quicklook and selected "add to iphoto" and BINGO - the bug was back.
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Search these forums for trash and peruse the returns. Additionally, see http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/trash.html

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When I click on the Trash Can nothing happens. I was in it recently recovering a deleted document. Don't know where the trash caan is stored so I caannot find it manually. New MAC user.
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I used a suggestion from another post that said I should create a document then send to Trash and then search for it. Voila!
Now I at least know that I haven't lost my Trash folder before I shut down for the night.
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I cleaned out my hard drive right before upgrading to 10.9.2 and now I discovered I was a bit too heavy with the spring cleaning. I want to restore my iphoto library from the trash on my external hard drive but when I try and open it ( first I un-hid it ) I get the error
The folder “.Trashes” can’t be opened because you don’t have permission to see its contents.
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Open the AppleScript Editor and run the following:
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if (do shell script "defaults read com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles") is "1" then
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“501” can’t be opened right now because it’s being used by another task, such as moving or copying an item or emptying the Trash. Try again when the current task is complete.
Nothing is running etc at a loss any ideas??
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Steve

http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/trash.html
BTW, update your product info. It shows 10.6.4.

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Don't panic . . . . . yet!
You may not have trashed FCE properly.
Deleting the application icon is useless as there are a number of files hidden elsewhere which may be corrupt.
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