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Windows XP: how to tell who is using a file

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Possible Duplicate: How do I delete a 'locked' file? Sometimes it happens that I can't delete a file because it appears to be in use by some program. Of course there is no obvious process using it (it's not that I don't see VLC playing an AVI I want to erase), so how can I find out what's keeping i…

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Fix for: Windows XP: how to tell who is using a file

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Install Process Explorer. Choose “Find / Handle or DLL” in the menu and enter a substring of the file name. There's also Handle if you want a command line interface.

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