Cocktail

There's also some apps (check versiontracker or macupdate) that will force empty the trash without having to go into terminal. Trash It is one that comes to mind that has worked well for me when something just doesn't want to leave. I believe Cocktail also has a force trash feature on it (I'm at work on a yucky PC right now, so I can't check).

Sounds like a 'user prefs' problem. A couple of hints, download one of the utilities that allow removing cache files (can help with perfomance and other issues) such as Maintain1 or Onyx or Cocktail - or through terminal if you're comfortable with that. Also repairing permissions can be helpful, but this one may take other drastic measures. (Try the simple ones first)

And you can play some samba music at the same time as you cocktail, in case you're worried if Samba or not.

As I mentioned earlier, it's even easier with Cocktail. Just set it up to do remove the files when you do your monthly maintainence. Simple as that. :)

Dunno about 10.3, but in Jag, you can delete .ds files through cocktail.

You will see that Cocktail is one handy utility! ...

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The easiest way to create a symbolic link I know of is to download & install Cocktail, click on Files and the Links tab, and drag a file onto the button with the terminal alias on it.

donateware program called Cocktail which does a lot of system hacks, it resets all my system settings including sound tweaks. It does it when I use the "delete system cache" part of Cocktail. ...

admin user, and changing capabilities for that user. As for your Dock, I would delete that 'com.apple.dock.plist' file, and use a utility such as Cocktail or Maintain, that allows you to delete the System cache files, immediately reboot, on restart, your dock problems should be fixed. ...