Trash won't fully empty unless I quit Mail.

I've been having problems emptying my trash. The trash refuses to completely empty certain files unless I quit the Mail program. I believe all the files were images that had been sent in various outgoing e-mails.
Anyone else have this issue?

This is a known bug. We've been lobbying hard to get Apple to fix it. It occurs both for sent as well as received attachments. There is no known workaround.

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*Trash Problems*
If trash can't delete because an item is busy, try restarting the computer.
If trash won't delete because an item is locked, try holding down the option key when emptying the trash.
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[You can't empty the Trash or move a file to the Trash in Mac OS X|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1526]
[Solving Trash Problems|http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/trash.html]
[How To Fix Stubborn Trash and Why it Won't Delete|http://www.osxfaq.com/Tutorials/LearningCenter/HowTo/Trash/index.ws]
[rccharles: Discussion on trashing problem files with Terminal commands|http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=9168842#9168842]
[Mini-tutorial: Force-deleting stubborn or problematic files in Mac OS X...|http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10328342-263.html]
[Trash immediately emptying and permanently deleting file when you drag a file to it|http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=11390063]
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[Trash It!|http://www.nonamescriptware.com/?page_id=5]
[DropNuke|http://divnull.com/blog/products/software>
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[What's Keeping Me|http://www.hamsoftengineering.com/products/wkm/wkm.html] - lists files open and applications that are using them

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photogirl67 wrote:
I use my external drive for my images (I am a photographer) and use time machine to back up my MacBookPro onto there as well.
Not a good idea, as you've learned the hard way.
And especially bad in the same partition, as you can't just erase the TM partition.
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I've had this problem for over a month now and I've just sat here for about an hour trying to fix it.
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I know I typed the command properly this time though, because I got a message saying "command completed" or something along those lines. But no, it was still there.
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Password:
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exit
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I've tried changing it's permission with 3rd party program's and am often given another error message!
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Hi
I'm worried it's spywareNo, this is a known problem with certain special characters in filenames. I won't go into tedious detail, since it seems Apple may have fixed it.
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