Guest Dennis Posted August 3, 2008 Posted August 3, 2008 Sometimes when I try to delete a file it says access denied, the file is in use by another program. How can you check which application is locking/accessing a certain file?
Guest Gerry Posted August 3, 2008 Posted August 3, 2008 Re: Access Denied: File is in use Dennis Thats something you cannot easily do. You can try deleting in safe mode, which can work if you get that response in normal mode. Otherwise research the source of the file and stop the programme that provided the file. In general terms you should not be just deleting files. If you want help with a particular file name the file. -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dennis wrote: > Sometimes when I try to delete a file it says access denied, the file > is in use by another program. > > How can you check which application is locking/accessing a certain > file?
Guest JF Posted August 4, 2008 Posted August 4, 2008 Re: Access Denied: File is in use *Bonjour Dennis * ! <news:e3c82ead-6e4a-485d-8666-a3ca24eb793a@e53g2000hsa.googlegroups.com> > Sometimes when I try to delete a file it says access denied, the file > is in use by another program. > How can you check which application is locking/accessing a certain > file? These are very usefull http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker http://www.malwarebytes.org/fileassassin.php See also the avi problem http://www.moviecodec.com/topics/3588p1.html -- Salutations, Jean-François.
Guest Dennis Posted August 4, 2008 Posted August 4, 2008 Re: Access Denied: File is in use On Aug 4, 12:56 am, JF <JF@-> wrote: > *Bonjour Dennis * ! > <news:e3c82ead-6e4a-485d-8666-a3ca24eb793a@e53g2000hsa.googlegroups.com> > > > Sometimes when I try to delete a file it says access denied, the file > > is in use by another program. > > How can you check which application is locking/accessing a certain > > file? > > These are very usefullhttp://ccollomb.free.fr/unlockerhttp://www.malwarebytes.org/fileassassin.php > > See also the avi problemhttp://www.moviecodec.com/topics/3588p1.html > > -- > Salutations, Jean-François. Without any 3rd party programs, is there a way to tell what has it's "claws" into what in XP?
Guest JF Posted August 4, 2008 Posted August 4, 2008 Re: Access Denied: File is in use *Bonjour Dennis * ! <news:f7116b8f-8f0b-4ee2-911f-d5cf57b1ae1f@m73g2000hsh.googlegroups.com> > On Aug 4, 12:56 am, JF <JF@-> wrote: >> *Bonjour Dennis * ! >> <news:e3c82ead-6e4a-485d-8666-a3ca24eb793a@e53g2000hsa.googlegroups.com> >> >>> Sometimes when I try to delete a file it says access denied, the file >>> is in use by another program. >>> How can you check which application is locking/accessing a certain >>> file? >> >> These are very >> usefullhttp://ccollomb.free.fr/unlockerhttp://www.malwarebytes.org/fileassassin.php >> >> See also the avi problemhttp://www.moviecodec.com/topics/3588p1.html >> >> -- >> Salutations, Jean-François. > Without any 3rd party programs, is there a way to tell what has it's > "claws" into what in XP? As you noticed for the movies, the solution is to tell explorer to not analyse the file : Suppress the key InProcServer32 in ==> HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}\ Or just rename it : HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}\-InProcServer32 Also read : You cannot delete a file or a folder on an NTFS file system volume http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320081/en -- Salutations, Jean-François.
Guest Jim Posted August 4, 2008 Posted August 4, 2008 Re: Access Denied: File is in use "Dennis" <dennispublic@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:e3c82ead-6e4a-485d-8666-a3ca24eb793a@e53g2000hsa.googlegroups.com... > Sometimes when I try to delete a file it says access denied, the file > is in use by another program. > > How can you check which application is locking/accessing a certain > file? Process Explorer can do that. After the program is running, search for "file or handle". Jim
Guest HeyBub Posted August 4, 2008 Posted August 4, 2008 Re: Access Denied: File is in use Dennis wrote: > On Aug 4, 12:56 am, JF <JF@-> wrote: >> *Bonjour Dennis * ! >> <news:e3c82ead-6e4a-485d-8666-a3ca24eb793a@e53g2000hsa.googlegroups.com> >> >>> Sometimes when I try to delete a file it says access denied, the >>> file is in use by another program. >>> How can you check which application is locking/accessing a certain >>> file? >> >> These are very >> usefullhttp://ccollomb.free.fr/unlockerhttp://www.malwarebytes.org/fileassassin.php >> >> See also the avi problemhttp://www.moviecodec.com/topics/3588p1.html >> >> -- >> Salutations, Jean-François. > > Without any 3rd party programs, is there a way to tell what has it's > "claws" into what in XP? Sure. Somehow manage to rename the file. Then when a program - or the system itself - croaks, you'll have your answer.
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