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Removing locks on files in Windows 7
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I need to modify a file that is locked by a process. How can I find the responsible process and release its lock? I'm running Windows 7.
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Fix for: Removing locks on files in Windows 7
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You can use SysInternals (owned by Microsoft) free tool ProcessExplorer to unlock a file handle. Just use the Find menu to search for the file that is locked. This will show which process has the lock on the file. If you can't get the process to rel…
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