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How do you find what process is holding a file open in Windows?

ntfs - How do you find what process is holding a file open in Windows? - Server Fault


I've had success with Sysinternals Process Explorer. 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. Exercise caution and judgement.
To find a specific file, use the menu option "Find->Find Handle or DLL..." Type in part of the path to the file. The list of processes will appear below.
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