How do I Determine what App/Process has a lock on a file ???

Agent Smith · Joined: 04 Oct 2007 Posts: 4

been looking around for API code to determine what App/Process
has a lock on a specific file.

Scenerio : im trying to delete an AVI file after it finished
playing and i kill the application (win Media player) ..
but keep getting "File in use or being used by another
appication" error msg, even after restarts....

Archived from group: microsoft>public>vb>enterprise

Steven Burn · Joined: 04 Oct 2007 Posts: 12

Before you kill the application, are you closing any file's it has open?

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Agent Smith wrote in message@4ax.com...
>
> been looking around for API code to determine what App/Process
> has a lock on a specific file.
>
> Scenerio : im trying to delete an AVI file after it finished
> playing and i kill the application (win Media player) ..
> but keep getting "File in use or being used by another
> appication" error msg, even after restarts....
>
>
>

Peter Huang [MSFT] · Joined: 04 Oct 2007 Posts: 56

Hi Agent ,

I have posted a response to your question in another thread:
microsoft.public.vb.winapi titled “How do i detemine what App/Process has a
lock on a specific file ?????”. Please have a check and let me know
whether the information provided in the response was useful in resolving
the issue. If you still have questions, please reply to that thread to let
us know you need further assistance.

Regards,
Peter Huang
Microsoft Online Partner Support
Get Secure! www.microsoft.com/security
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> been looking around for API code to determine what App/Process
>has a lock on a specific file.
>
> Scenerio : im trying to delete an AVI file after it finished
>playing and i kill the application (win Media player) ..
> but keep getting "File in use or being used by another
>appication" error msg, even after restarts....
>
>
>
>

Agent Smith · Joined: 04 Oct 2007 Posts: 4

On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 05:44:27 GMT, v-phuang@online.microsoft.com (Peter
Huang [MSFT]) wrote:

Peter my response is in vb.api group,
thnx

>Hi Agent ,
>
>I have posted a response to your question in another thread:
>microsoft.public.vb.winapi titled “How do i detemine what App/Process has a
>lock on a specific file ?????”. Please have a check and let me know
>whether the information provided in the response was useful in resolving
>the issue. If you still have questions, please reply to that thread to let
>us know you need further assistance.
>
>Regards,
>Peter Huang
>Microsoft Online Partner Support
>Get Secure! www.microsoft.com/security
>This posting is provided "as is" with no warranties and confers no rights.
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>> been looking around for API code to determine what App/Process
>>has a lock on a specific file.
>>
>> Scenerio : im trying to delete an AVI file after it finished
>>playing and i kill the application (win Media player) ..
>> but keep getting "File in use or being used by another
>>appication" error msg, even after restarts....
>>
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