Also see general devops pages, and cmd-batch cheatsheet.

Issues deleting a file or folder:

1. Try takeown

   • takeown [FILE]

     • OR
   • takeown /f [FOLDER] /r /d y
2. Try using Windows GUI and "change owner" under permission - make sure to set to apply to all children, for both replacing the owner, and applying permissions recursively

3. Try seeing if an application/user has a lock on the file/folder.

   • Try using LockHunter first

     • AWESOME gui based tool that can unlock, kill blocking processes, and even automatically do the whole process - kill the lock and delete the folder - and integrated into the windows right click menu
   • for a more manual approach, try PROCEXP from sysinternals
4. Try booting into safe-mode and then deleting or changing permissions
5. Nuclear option - boot into Linux and rm rf that sob

Filename and path limitations

Be aware that, even within Windows 10, there are still filename and path/directory limitations - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/naming-a-file

Handy Hotkeys

These are just some of my favorites (most used):

For am exhaustive listing, see this handy reference page from MS.

Hotkey	Action
WIN + {ARROW_KEY}	Snap window to different side of screen
WIN + SHIFT + {ARROW_KEY}	Quickly move window to different monitor
WIN + x	Opens the "Quick Access Menu"
WIN + .	Emoji picker
WIN + d	Close all windows (show desktop)