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Message: [QUOTE="VanguardLH, post: 14142202"] I've also seen a 3rd party (non-Microsoft) task manager replacement that lists the file handles opened by each process. I think it was Auslogics' Task Manager. You can click on its Locked Files category in the left pane to see all files that are locked (exclusive write access) and which process has the lock on the file. I haven't used this product to know if you can then right-click on the locked file to unlock it (since I already have Unlocker which works automatically for me to check for locked status on a rename/delete and prompt me for an action). [URL]http://www.softpedia.com/dyn-search.php?search_term=auslogics+task+manager[/URL] SysInternals' Process Explorer (which can be configured to replace Windows' Task Manager or used as a separate app) lets you see which files are opened by each process. It's not obvious in Process Explorer. Instead of showing opened file handles for a process as a property of a process, you have to show the lower-pane view (View -> Lower Pane View -> Handles). Nirsoft's OpenFilesView is handy because you only know that a file has an open handle on it (why you cannot rename or delete it) but don't know process has the opened handle on that file. Process Explorer will also let you search on an open file handle using Find -> Find Handle or Dll menu. In the search dialog, enter all or some of the file's name on which to search and a list of processes come up for which ones are accessing that file. Alas, you may see more than one process showing a link to a file since not all of them have a lock on it (they don't demand exclusive write access). Then there is the oh.exe command-line tool that you can download as part of the Windows 2000 Resource Kit at: ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/ResKit/win2000/ After unzipping the file, run "oh.exe /?" to get help on its syntax. But first you have to run oh.exe, reboot, and then use it. [/QUOTE]

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