how can i tell what program is accessing a file?

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