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ShowWhatProcessLocksFile

A simple clone of PowerToys File Locksmith utility to discover what processes lock a specific file or folder.

Advantages over File Locksmith

Much faster
Lightweight
Supports older versions of Windows
Doesn't require admin rights to be installed

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Context menu

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System requirements

Windows 7 x64 or higher (you might need to install .Net Framework 4.6.2)

How to use

Download ShowWhatProcessLocksFile.msi.zip from the latest release.
Run the installer. The installer will install this program to the %AppData%\ShowWhatProcessLocksFile folder and add a Show what locks this file Windows File Explorer context menu element.
Use Show what locks this file File Explorer's context menu to select a file or folder
To terminate a process, select it and open a context menu by clicking the right mouse button
If you want to uninstall the program, use Control Panel\Programs\Programs and Features. Uninstaller will remove an integration with the context menu and all installed files.

How to build

To work with the codebase, use Visual Studio 2022 with a plugin HeatWave for VS2022.
To build a release, run .\build.ps1 (git.exe should be in your PATH)

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showwhatprocesslocksfile's Issues

Ignore SMB shares (path starting with "\\")

It is not possible to get locking information of files located on shared folders. The handle.exe always shows that there are no locks.

Hi, when I tried to run it, I found that it could not retrieve any locked files. So I ran the unit tests and found that all the tests that should return information failed. Furthermore, through breakpoints, I found that the SafeProcessHandle it obtained through WinApi.OpenProcess was invalid (IsInvalid is true), and finally returned an empty list.

Thank you very much for any help!

UPDATE

Sorry to bother you, I may have misunderstood some information, I will investigate further and reply

Windows 7

Does this, or an earlier version, work with Win7?

Thanks

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