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App or way to tell who is in a file that is locked?
Had an interview today and the guy asked an interesting question. What way (sounded like an app) can you tell who is in a file that is locked and someone needs access to it.
no one has ever told me how to tell who is in it.. so i am curious how you can tell?
no one has ever told me how to tell who is in it.. so i am curious how you can tell?
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The file server management console will show you open sessions and open files, including username, full path, what rights are currently being used, how long has the session/file has been open for. To access either use Start-Administrator Tools -File Server Resource Manager or launch server manager (2008 and later) and expand the roles and go to file server.
@NikolasG
I've only used the free version, but does unlocker tell you who has locked the file? It was my understanding it only tells what has a file locked.
I've only used the free version, but does unlocker tell you who has locked the file? It was my understanding it only tells what has a file locked.
@Kaufmed
There is only the free version with a possibility to donate if you wish.
Yes the program only tell you the process that has locked the file not the user. That's why I said that this is for the local files not in a network environment.
In case of a network shared file it only tells you that is used by process sys.
There is only the free version with a possibility to donate if you wish.
Yes the program only tell you the process that has locked the file not the user. That's why I said that this is for the local files not in a network environment.
In case of a network shared file it only tells you that is used by process sys.
That's why I said that this is for the local files not in a network environment....so it handles multiple users logged in to the same box at the same time? [ That's my point ; ) ]
If you want to check a file on the local disk then a very good tool Unlocker from the following site :
http://www.emptyloop.com/u
I ve been using it for many years and it's very good.