Empty Trash Shortcut

Command-Shift-Delete does the trick. Also include the Option key if you locked files.

Same goes for me. Ever since I updated from Tiger to Leopard, my short cut key command is now doing a "empty trash safe". And for my mostly used simple "empty the trash", I cannot define a key command. Would be nice not having to deal with such changes, every time you do an update, or at least give us an option, back to "our routine key commands".

Any fix idea will be appreciated much.
Happy new year!

There's a new option in "Finder" > "Preferences" (⌘,) under the "Advanced" tab, for "Empty trash securely". If that option is selected, the usual keyboard combination will invoke "secure empty Trash" instead of the standard empty Trash.

However, note that unlike Tiger or Panther, "secure empty Trash" itself in Leopard is somewhat insecure. In the past, if it failed, the file remained in the "Trash" making it obvious that it did not work. In Leopard, under some circumstances, "secure empty Trash" can fail silently, yet the file is removed from the "Trash", i.e. it is insecurely deleted. Unbeknownst to the user, sensitive information could be left in a recoverable state on the hard drive.

So I wouldn't trust the feature at all in its current state.

Thanks much !!!! Fixed it for me.
Just wanted to be able to use my old key command for a regular empty trash command. Should I ever be selling my macbook, I'd do a secure hard drive cleaning anyhow.