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This article was first published as “Locked Files in Windows” on 22 Jul 2009.

Note to self: Sysinternals is Microsoft’s saving grace:

Process Explorer: A more advanced taskmgr, if you will. It’s most awesome feature is it’s ability to search for processes holding a certain handle, allowing you to resolve locked file issues:

Home page: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx

Or just run it from http://live.sysinternals.com/procexp.exe

Process Monitor: Basically, Regmon + Filemon:

Home page: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx

Or just run it from http://live.sysinternals.com/Procmon.exe

Tags: file lock, locking, process explorer, process monitor, sysinternals, Windows, Windows 2003

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