One file in Trash refuses to be emptied.

I have one file in my trash that refuses to be emptied.
I receive a message 'Emptying the Trash cannot be completed because "BootX" is locked.
I have tried holding down the function key as suggested but to no avail.
Can anyone help?

brianmered wrote:
I ran both commands but received the following after the second command
"The operation cannot be completed because you do not have sufficient privileges for some of the items"
both commands produce that response or just the second one?.
Sorry to labour this V.K. but since I emptied the trash following your previous advice my trash bin doesn't act 'normally'.
that command simply unlocked the trash folder on your TM drive, no more. what you describe sounds like a different issue. do you mean that this happens to trash even if you try trashing something on your main drive?
You should
1. reboot and see if that makes a difference with trash.
2. if it does not run the following terminal command and post the results
ls - aldeO ~/.Trash
3. also run
sudo chflags -R nouchg ~
Instead of being able to drag files into it and batch delete the trash it now gives a message as I drag the file into the trash icon on my dashboard stating that the files will be immediately deleted , am I sure I want to continue. The files are deleted but the process of deleting files now requires several more key strokes. Is there a fix for this?
BTW I really appreciate you taking the time to walk me through this......regards...Brian

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