How do you know who or what is locking a remote file?

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I can tell what process is holding a lock using Unlocker.

But the problem is that, when there is a lock on a file on a remote machine, Unlocker doesn't show who or what process is locking.

Is there anyway what is holding a lock on a remote file (my remote file is mapped through a network drive)? and also how to remove the lock?

while installing unlocker, make sure you uncheck the option for ebay promos. :) — Gulzar, May 01 '09 at 22:35

score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered May 01 '09 at 00:59

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Open up Computer Management, right click (my) Computer and click "Manage":

System Tools > Shared Folders > Open Files

To connect to a remote machine, select "Computer Managment (Local)" in the left pane, then pull up the "Action > Connect to another computer..." dialog, enter the computer name, and hit ok.

You can disconnect sessions from this interface as well.

answered May 01 '09 at 00:59

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This works for now. Seems kind of annoying to run fsmgmt.msc under different credential (runas /user:domain\user "mmc fsmgmt.msc") – dance2die May 04 '09 at 17:54

score 5 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 19 '12 at 13:53

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Process Explorer can search for handle on a file

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On a remote machine however, you want to combine PsExec with Handle in order to execute Handle on the distant computer.

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answered May 01 '09 at 00:32

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I use "Process Explorer" a lot on my local machine. How do you run it on a remote one? – rbrayb May 01 '09 at 01:12

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered May 01 '09 at 00:33

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Look at handle from Sysinternals.

answered May 01 '09 at 00:33

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Berek Bryan · Answer 4 · 2009-05-01T11:50:57.407

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Unlocker is a great tool.

We have it on all of our Windows servers. It will unlock the file for you and show you what is using it.

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answered May 01 '09 at 00:37

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That's already what I am using and mentioned in my question... – dance2die May 01 '09 at 00:38

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered May 01 '09 at 01:22

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I don't have experience in this, but the openfiles command might do what you want.

answered May 01 '09 at 01:22

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score -3 · Answer 6 · answered May 01 '09 at 00:34

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If you're on Unix/Linux/BSD, lsof(8) should do what you want.

drewble:~$ lsof /home/drew/.purple/cap.db 
COMMAND  PID USER   FD   TYPE DEVICE   SIZE    NODE NAME
pidgin  6488 drew   13u   REG   8,18 679936 9971928 /home/drew/.purple/cap.db

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It says Windows on the first line. – Sophie Alpert May 01 '09 at 00:34
It did till Joel corrected that reference to a tag – Stephen Denne May 01 '09 at 09:05

How do you know who or what is locking a remote file?

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