My trash wont empty and the progress bar will not stop.

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My trash wont empty and the progress bar will not stop.

I was clearing off som old SD cards and moved all of the files to the trash. When I tried to empty the trash it wouldnt delete any of the files. I tried to cancel the action and the box read out "stopping" for the longest time. Now there are 4 progress bars on my desktop that will not go away and I cannot shut down my computer or restart it. It will not let me cancel the trash action and I cannot remove the progress bars.

I didnt know if there was an old CTRL ALT Delete trick to get rid of it. Its been up for 2 days now...So i dont think its going anywhere any time soon.

Please Help!

Joel

Posted on Aug 12, 2012 10:35 AM

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Linc Davis

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Aug 12, 2012 1:59 PM in response to The_Possum

Select  ▹ Force Quit... from the menu bar, then select Finder and press return. From the Finder menu bar, select Finder ▹ Preferences ▹ Advanced and uncheck the box labeled Empty Trash securely. Try again to empty the Trash. If you still have problems, follow the instructions in this support article:

You can't empty the Trash or move a file to the Trash

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