Monitoring Open Files and Kicking People off

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Is there a tool for Windows 2000 that allows us to see what files are open
on the server and kick off any users that may be on it?

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Joe Smith said:
Is there a tool for Windows 2000 that allows us to see what files are open
on the server and kick off any users that may be on it?
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The built-in "net file" command will do both:

Display all REMOTELY open files with:

net file

(It will display the FileID)
To close use:

net file FileID /close

(A batch "for .. in ...do" loop can close them all.)


You can also use the free download PSTools
from SysInternals.com -- the included tool:

psfile

(works across the net too -- if you have privileges)

Pros/Cons: psfile must be downloaded, "net file"
is always there. psfile works across the net.
Net File has a better output if you need to loop
through closing hundreds of files using a "for" loop.
 
I believe both Windows 2000 Server and Pro have the "File Sharing
Management" MSC snap-in - "fsmgmt.msc". Run it and see.

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