Who has the file opened?
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How terrible is it to find out what application has a particular file open? Clues? -peter
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How terrible is it to find out what application has a particular file open? Clues? -peter
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peter Weyzen Staff Engineer [SoonR Inc -- PC Power delivered to your phone](http://www.soonr.com)Via code?
"Old age is like a bank account. You withdraw later in life what you have deposited along the way." - Unknown
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
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Via code?
"Old age is like a bank account. You withdraw later in life what you have deposited along the way." - Unknown
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
Absolutely! I'd love to display status information in my app about why I am having trouble backing up a file. "File in use by Microsoft Word" I could of course "guess using the file associations", but it would be cooler to know the actual application using the file. -peter
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peter Weyzen Staff Engineer [SoonR Inc -- PC Power delivered to your phone](http://www.soonr.com) -
Absolutely! I'd love to display status information in my app about why I am having trouble backing up a file. "File in use by Microsoft Word" I could of course "guess using the file associations", but it would be cooler to know the actual application using the file. -peter
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peter Weyzen Staff Engineer [SoonR Inc -- PC Power delivered to your phone](http://www.soonr.com)Peter Weyzen wrote:
Absolutely!
Several utilities made by SysInternals do this, but they work in conjunction with a file-system driver. Many years ago, there used to be a "How does it work?" blurb on their Web site. I think it was removed even before Microsoft bought them.
"Old age is like a bank account. You withdraw later in life what you have deposited along the way." - Unknown
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons