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Who has a file open

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by adembo

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Stupid question, I know.
How do I determine who has a specific file open. I browsed through server manager and found no way of browsing to the network. For the last two days I have not been able to open a very important file of mine, of which I amthe owner of, because someone else has it open. Please help.

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by gigelul

The file is open by someone else can be true or false.
In server manager open Computer(double clik on it) where is your file and use to see if someone else using your file.
If you don't see your file here you have problem with file itselfor with Computer which don't release this source.
Post more details:
-about file
-about location
-about network (server, clients)

by itnetman

If you cannot determine where the file is open , if you re-boot the PC where the file is stored you will break any connections with others. Hope this helps

by syscokid

If you click on Start, Run, type winfile, and click OK, you will bring up the Windows 3.1-like file manager. Find your file, highlight it, then click on File, Properties, Open By. This will tell you what user has it open, and also allow you to kill the connection.

by joshg

Have you tried "Server" in the control Panel? We use that rather frequently to kill connections to files and to see who has software open on the network. From here you can see files in use.

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