Here’s how to find out what process is using a file

We’ve featured this program in an older edition of InfoAve Premium – but for a completely different reason. Have now had the opportunity to work with over 300 of you and helping you with your computers – we’ve had many occasions when we’ve needed to see what processes are using which files. It helps us to determine what kinds of problems a certain service or process is causing – and allows us to quickly terminate all processes and dlls associated with a certain program, process or service.

While the above may seem a little arcane if you not repariing computers — you can learn a lot about how Windows works by using this program and you can also deal with such error messages as:

Cannot delete file: Access is denied
There has been a sharing violation.
The source or destination file may be in use.
The file is in use by another program or user.
Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use.

Now we know you’ve seen one or more of those messages before.

The programs is called Unlocker and it does a whole lot more than allow you to unlock a file that is locked by another process. It helps you learn how Windows works and how a whole lot more is going on under the hood than you ever imagined. And you can always use it to fix those annoying errors listed above too.

Unlocker gives many options via a simple right-click on a file. Right-clicking opens a window giving you the windows process(es) using the file.

Unlocker is one of those priceless freeware programs that deserves a spot on everyone’s computers. Yes – that includes yours EB

You can learn more about and or download Unlocker (Freeware) from http://www.emptyloop.com/unlocker/