How do you find what process is holding a file open in Windows?
With this, you can search to find what process (es) have a file open, and you can use it to close the handle (s) if you want. Of course, it is safer to close the whole process.
How to close open files in Windows? - Server Fault
Oct 11, 2010 · When I want to delete a file, Windows complains that it is open in another program. How can I find the program so that I can close it or force the file to be deleted?
rds - NTUSER.DAT locked by System - Server Fault
May 24, 2024 · I have a Windows 2022 as RDS server. Now I need to migrate users to another server. Can't migrate just one user even he singed out. The action can't be completed …
sql server - Error! File In use: SQLSERVER - Server Fault
The action can’t be completed because the file is open in SQL SERVER Step 2: SQL SERVER Configuration Manger window will open on the left side of this window select SQL Server …
Close locked file in Windows Share using Powershell and Openfiles
Sep 3, 2015 · I need to close those files. So far I've been using MMC - System Tools - Shared Folders - Open Files. It would be far more convenient if I could use PowerShell to filter the …
How to close shared files on Server 2012? - Server Fault
Jun 30, 2015 · I cannot seem to find a way to close/disconnect my shared files on my server on Server 2012 R2. Usually on Server 2008 R2, I do this by going to "Server Manager -> File …
How can I release a locked Hyper-V VHD that is used by another …
It's also possible for Windows to lock a VHD file. I ran into this by double-clicking on a VHD, which causes recent version of Windows to open it up like a folder. However, it appears that the …
Server 2012 R2 - how to delete a file that is "open in System"?
I get "The action can't be completed because the file is open in System". This has been happening for several hours. I initially suspected our AV solution, but it can't be taking this long …
unix - Dangers of closing file descriptors - Server Fault
Jul 8, 2015 · The problem is that Unix-like systems typically allocate file descriptors sequentially. When a program wants a new file descriptor (ie they call open(), socket(), and any other …
windows - Force Close a file not a process - Server Fault
Oct 1, 2012 · 3 I want to write a script that forces closed a specific file and then copies it from one server to another. To manually do this I would use Administrative Tools --> Computer …