How to see all items in use

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How to see all items in use

This should be a pretty simple problem, but I can't seem to figure out how to solve it.

I'm trying to empty two items out of the trash, but when I attempt to is says "the operation cannot be completed because the "each item" is in use." However, I closed both of these items quite awhile ago and they don't appear to be open anywhere.

So my question is, how can I access something to see all the items currently in use, and I assume I'd be able to close the items in this same menu?

macbook, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Feb 24, 2010 2:09 PM

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Kappy

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Feb 24, 2010 2:38 PM in response to td72777

First, press down the OPTION key and select Empty Trash. If that does not work then restart the computer then attempt to empty the Trash.

You can see all active processes using Activity Monitor in the Utilities folder and selecting All Processes from the Processes drop down menu. To kill an active process select the process then click on the Quit icon in the toolbar and click on the Force Quit button. Do not try this with any system processes as this could cause the system to crash.

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