how can i tell what program is accessing a file?

M

Matthew Paul

Hi, is there a shell plug-in that lets me see which programs are accessing a
file?

In XP pro I get 'file in use by another person or program' messages quite
often and I'm not sure who or what's accessing the files. It's not a
virus - i am very sharp on updates etc. The files are in a non-shared
folder. However, they are from another person. I've looked at ownership &
permissions and i have full admin privelages & access.
I have tried shutting down everything with task manager but the file is only
ever freed up after a reboot!

tia,
matt
 
T

The Unknown P

Get the free process explorer from www.sysinternals.com
This will tell you what process is using what. Often a
process will have access to files and folders and that is
why you will get the in use warning. Have fun.
 
N

noone

The Unknown P said:
Get the free process explorer from www.sysinternals.com
This will tell you what process is using what. Often a
process will have access to files and folders and that is
why you will get the in use warning. Have fun.
Click to expand...

also on that site, filemon.exe does something similar.
 

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