On both machines on which I've tried this hint, I get the trash in the toolbar, but elevated relative to the other icons. Weird. Anyone else see this?

Also, on one machine I got the aforementioned ".Trash is in use" message, but not on the other. Hmm....

Yeah, mine's elevated as well. When I upgraded to 10.2, my old toolbar trash was still there, but elevated. I removed it and had hoped this kludge would fix the problem. Ah, well... I'll live without the trash cause the positioning drives me nuts.

I see this with the Icon and Text view. With the Icon Only view (which is what I prefer), the trash icon is in the right place. Try Icon Only, you might like it!

My trash has been elevated also (I wish this were true in general).

I think its because there is no text label for the trash in the toolbar. If you choose "icon only" from the display options in the customize toolbar dialog the trash icon behaves itself and plays well with the other icons.