• Sometimes the file just won't go. Did you check the physical files to make sure that their sizes are as big as the statistics say?

    DBCC updateusage

    Are you using a TRUNCATE ONLY on the shrinkfile? Did you rebuild all the indexes so table data could be stored at the end of the file?

    You are likely to get grilled by a lot of people about to ask why you need to shrink the file to begin with.