user195166
user195166

Reputation: 439

how to find the other process

Anyone know a tool I can use to debug "cannot access the file because it is being used by another process" exceptions? I suspect a virus scanner but I can't be sure.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 94

Answers (3)

Dark Castle
Dark Castle

Reputation: 1299

There is also a solution using MS sysinternals called handles: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896655.aspx

Upvotes: 1

Thomas
Thomas

Reputation: 182000

WhoLockMe will tell you which process is keeping the file locked.

Upvotes: 3

Gabe
Gabe

Reputation: 86768

Sysinternals Process Explorer or Procmon are the best tools for this.

Upvotes: 3

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