List open files server 2008

Another way to access computer management is to type in compmgmt. You will need to open up this console on the computer or server that has the shared folder. For example, I have a server called file1 with a shared folder named HR.

To see the open files on this share I will need to open up the computer management console from the file1 server. This is something that needs to be done when a file is locked. If you need to check who has permissions to a file or folder then check out my guide How to view NTFS effective permissions. Another option is to open up the task manager, click the performance tab and then click Open Resource Monitor. Please rate your experience Yes No. Any additional feedback?

Note In this example, the password is supplied on the command line. Note Changes made by using the on or off option don't take effect until you restart the system.

Submit and view feedback for This product This page. View all page feedback. In this article. Specifies the remote system to connect to by name or IP address. Don't use backslashes. This parameter applies to all files and folders that are specified in the command. Skip to main content. This browser is no longer supported. Download Microsoft Edge More info. Contents Exit focus mode. Please rate your experience Yes No. Any additional feedback?

Module: SmbShare. Specifies the name of the user whose open files are retrieved. Specifies the file identifier ID of the file for which the information is retrieved. Symantec AV is something I've seen doing this before, and I wouldn't be surprised if other AV programs were also to blame.

Source control plug-ins may also be at fault. So not really an answer, but just some advice to not always blame Windows for what may be a badly written 3rd party program something that can also happen on any other OS which has implicit file locking, but any unix based OS has shared access by default. On a remote server, when you're checking on a network share, something as simple as the Computer Management console can display this information and close the file.

Apropos Explorer holding a file open: 'When this happens on a file you need to delete, you have the choice of forcing the handle closed, or rebooting. If this is a one-time thing Explorer does not normally hold this file open then I would guess logging off and logging back on will do the trick. Otherwise, kill the desktop Explorer process and do what you want while it's gone.

First start a copy of cmd. Make sure there are no non-desktop Explorers running. Then kill the last Explorer with, e. Do what you want in the command prompt. Finally, run Explorer from the command prompt, and it will become the desktop. I'd guess there may be some residual unpleasantness if some systray programs can't deal with the shell restarting. Files can be locked by local processes unlocker is the tool to use and by file access that comes in through shares.

The above upvoted answers cover situations where a program process is holding the file handle open, which fortunately is most of the time - however in some cases as is occurring on this system at the moment , the system itself holds a file handle open.

If that happens, your option so far as I'm aware is to restart - or forget about doing anything with that file. I got turned on to the Exteneded Task Manager a while ago by Jeremy Zawodny's blog, and it's great for tracking down further info on processes too. Its hard to keep up with its display if you watch it live, it does so quickly.

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Would you like to answer one of these unanswered questions instead? Back in the days of old, a file server was a file server and an e-mail server was an e-mail server and so on. In many environments today, however, organizations are seriously exploiting the general purpose nature of modern operating systems and deploying all kinds of services or roles to all kinds of servers. At the core, though, file serving — one of the original 'killer-apps' that introduced networking to many an organization — still reigns supreme on the needs list.

Although file serving is one of the most basic functions handled by servers, the administrative challenges and effort remain in place. A base Windows Server installation does not include file serving capabilities.