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I don't think so. You could restart the server service which would end any open connections to files but also cuts off other shares and prints.
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I have a windows server 2008 R2 and a root folder such as D:\DataFiles that I want to force close all open files somehow in that root and all the subfolders beneath it. &nbsp; Is this possible with a batch file?
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I have a windows server 2008 R2 and a root folder such as D:\DataFiles that I want to force close all open files somehow in that root and all the subfolders beneath it.   Is this possible with a batch file?

I don&#39;t think so. You could restart the server service which would end any open connections to files but also cuts off other shares and prints.

Windows OS - Need a batch file or a script to close all locks on open files?  Possible?

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.

Windows Server 2008

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Microsoft Legacy OS

Batch files are text files containing a script of commands that are executed by the command interpreter on DOS, OS/2 and Windows systems. Most commonly, they are used to perform a series of functions that are repeated -- copying a set of files created daily with one step, for example.