Mysteriously locked data files - Tracking the owner

[Guest]

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I occasionally encounter an open file that cannot be deleted, even
when all apps are closed. I usually look in Task Manager and
ProcExplorer, but usually don't spot any likely cause.

I'm not talking about large AVI files...I know about that problem
(XP's gung-ho multimedia functions want to catalog them).

Does anyone know of a utility that can tell which process is hanging
on to a file, given the file's name and location?

 

[Rock]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

_RR wrote:

> I occasionally encounter an open file that cannot be deleted, even
> when all apps are closed. I usually look in Task Manager and
> ProcExplorer, but usually don't spot any likely cause.
>
> I'm not talking about large AVI files...I know about that problem
> (XP's gung-ho multimedia functions want to catalog them).
>
> Does anyone know of a utility that can tell which process is hanging
> on to a file, given the file's name and location?

http://www.dr-hoiby.com/WhoLockMe/index.php

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Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User