Applications Using File ?

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Is there any freeware available that will show which application(s)
are using a file or have it tied/locked up?

Thanks very much.
 
Yes, I use Process Explorer. How can that tell me what applications
are using a file? For example, yesterday I wanted to copy a new Hosts
file over the old one but I kept getting messages that it couldn't be
done. Turns out ZoneAlarm had it locked up. How can PE tell which
applications are using a file?
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Sorry, it didn't sink in what you're after. I'd use a process of
elimination, exiting running apps one by one, which is probably what
you did.


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News said:
Yes, I use Process Explorer. How can that tell me what applications
are using a file? For example, yesterday I wanted to copy a new Hosts
file over the old one but I kept getting messages that it couldn't be
done. Turns out ZoneAlarm had it locked up. How can PE tell which
applications are using a file?
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Find --> Handle (or Ctrl+F)
 
(e-mail address removed) (News Reader) wrote in
Is there any freeware available that will show which application(s)
are using a file or have it tied/locked up?

Thanks very much.
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Also from www.sysinternals.com ----- File Monitor.

Will show what is using a file, don't think it will show you what might
have locked a file like HOSTS.
 
JoeA said:
Doesn't work on Win9x or WinMe
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That WhoLockMe looks like exactly what I'm looking for. But, I'm
using 98SE, so can't use it. Is there anything like it for 98?
 
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