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Dec 1, 2013

Weekend Scripter: Determine Process that Locks a File

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Guest blogger, Adam Driscoll, talks about using Windows PowerShell to determine which process is locking a file. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have a guest blogger, Adam Driscoll... It’s quite common to run into the issue where a process is locking a particular file. Attempting to delete or open the file can r...