Question: I'm moving some files around on the server (Windows Server 2003), and there's a locked file that no one seems to have open. How do I delete this file?

Answer: 
Use the [openfiles](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Bb490961.aspx) command to identify and disconnect users who have the file open. If that doesn't work, download the [Unlocker](http://www.emptyloop.com/unlocker/) utility.

Openfiles syntax:

```
openfiles.exe /query
openfiles.exe /disconnect /id openFileID

```
```
1.) Open `computer management', (right-click "My Computer", select
`Manage')

2.) Scroll down to `Shared Folders', expand.

3.) Select/click on `Open Files'. Double/triple-check to make sure
nobody has it open.

```

If you're good on the above, a too-deep file/folder path might be giving you some grief. Try navigating several folders towards the root, then cutting and pasting them to reduce some of that path. Alternately, you could rename the folders in the path to "1", "2", "3", etc. Cutting down on some of the extraneous characters.