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by kdenny

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I am looking for a utility, similar to Netware's capability, of looking at the status of users and/or files. For example, File X is opened by User 1, User 2 and User3. Or User1 has File X open. Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks.

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by joshg

Have you tried the server utility in the NT control panel? This works well for checking what is open, who's logged in and from there you can close connections as well.

by thenetworker

I also use winfile.exe (the old file manager). It is available in NT 4.0, but it also works in 2000 if you copy it over. Just highlight the file you want to know about, then hit alt+enter, and choose "open by".

- Mike Scott

by allan

I use a program called Hyena. You can see open files as well as active sessions on your servers,

by johndjauch

(Since this is in the NT discussion group I thinking you?re running NT.) There is a command NET FILE. You would run it at the command prompt. You can use it to see what files are open on that NT Server and close it if you need to. It also identifies who has the file open. It is built into NT so it's "free".

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