List of processes which are holding a given file. How to get it ?

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pamela fluente

Sometimes when we want to delete or rename a file we get the message
that the file is being used by some application and the access to it
is hence denied.


Given a file, how can I get the List of the processes which are
causing this kind of message ?

Can anyone provide a function to retrieve such a list ?


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pamela fluente said:
Sometimes when we want to delete or rename a file we get the
message that the file is being used by some application and the
access to it is hence denied.


Given a file, how can I get the List of the processes which are
causing this kind of message ?

Can anyone provide a function to retrieve such a list ?
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I'm afraid, I don't have a programmatic way. But maybe you are interested in
the very helpful "Handle" tool:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/default.mspx
(under "process utilities")


Armin
 
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