On 03/03/2012 12:25 AM, W wrote:
> I have a file folder I cannot delete because some process is holding it
> open. After reviewing open applications and processes in Task Manager, I
> cannot locate this process. Is there any application that would let me
> point to any file object and then tell me which processes currently have
> open locks on the file? I did use Sysinternals Process Manager, and
> whatever process holds the lock is not doing any active work against it.
> No messages were generated inside of Process Manager when searching for a
> string in the filepath to the folder. When I opened Explorer and manually
> went to that folder, Process Manager detected that activity.
>
> On a more general level, I cannot believe that no one has written a system
> gadget that will just list all open file resources on your computer and
> which processes use those. It would go a long ways towards finding
> software you don't want running to see which resources are currently in use.
>


Handle or Process Explorer by Sysinternals or the OH.exe (Open Handle)
utility from Microsoft.


http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s...rnals/bb545027

http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=...fp&type_param=

John

W wrote:

> John John MVP wrote ...
>
>> W wrote:
>>
>>> I have a file folder I cannot delete because some process is holding
>>> it open.
>>
>> Handle or Process Explorer by Sysinternals or the OH.exe (Open
>> Handle) utility from Microsoft.
>
> How do you use process explorer to locate all processes that lock a specific
> file or folder?

Well, how about using the Find button in the toolbar? Since you already
know the folder or file name that's locked, search on that.

Read PE's own help. Under the Contents tab showing a tree list of
topics, read the "Process Explorer -> Searching" node.