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Column in folder to show "in use" or "file open"
Is their a folder column attribute that reflects whether a file is
open or in use, or perhaps gives the name of the user who has the file open now? Thanks. |
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Column in folder to show "in use" or "file open"
"wal" wrote in message
... Is their a folder column attribute that reflects whether a file is open or in use, or perhaps gives the name of the user who has the file open now? Thanks. Not in Windows Explorer, no. It's not a feature that's built into Windows XP anywhere, that I know of. -- Glen Ventura MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009 CompTIA A+ |
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Column in folder to show "in use" or "file open"
On Wed, 16 May 2012 17:45:47 -0400, "glee"
wrote: "wal" wrote in message ... Is their a folder column attribute that reflects whether a file is open or in use, or perhaps gives the name of the user who has the file open now? Thanks. Not in Windows Explorer, no. It's not a feature that's built into Windows XP anywhere, that I know of. You can see some of that information by right clicking on Computer and selecting Manage, then expanding the Shared Folders tree and looking in Sessions and Open Files. I sometimes use that to see who has files open on my media server. |
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Column in folder to show "in use" or "file open"
"Char Jackson" wrote in message
... On Wed, 16 May 2012 17:45:47 -0400, "glee" wrote: "wal" wrote in message ... Is their a folder column attribute that reflects whether a file is open or in use, or perhaps gives the name of the user who has the file open now? Thanks. Not in Windows Explorer, no. It's not a feature that's built into Windows XP anywhere, that I know of. You can see some of that information by right clicking on Computer and selecting Manage, then expanding the Shared Folders tree and looking in Sessions and Open Files. I sometimes use that to see who has files open on my media server. Really? I just opened a number of files on my computer, and that shows nothing. -- Glen Ventura MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009 CompTIA A+ |
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Column in folder to show "in use" or "file open"
On Wed, 16 May 2012 20:00:58 -0400, "glee"
wrote: "Char Jackson" wrote in message .. . On Wed, 16 May 2012 17:45:47 -0400, "glee" wrote: "wal" wrote in message ... Is their a folder column attribute that reflects whether a file is open or in use, or perhaps gives the name of the user who has the file open now? Thanks. Not in Windows Explorer, no. It's not a feature that's built into Windows XP anywhere, that I know of. You can see some of that information by right clicking on Computer and selecting Manage, then expanding the Shared Folders tree and looking in Sessions and Open Files. I sometimes use that to see who has files open on my media server. Really? I just opened a number of files on my computer, and that shows nothing. Oops, my mistake, I thought you guys were talking about network shares. If you're talking about local files, then no, I don't know of an easy way to get that information. In a local context, it's obvious that Windows knows which files are open and which process is responsible, and by extension who owns that process, but I don't know of a utility that extracts that information and makes it available. |
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Column in folder to show "in use" or "file open"
"Char Jackson" wrote in message
... On Wed, 16 May 2012 20:00:58 -0400, "glee" wrote: "Char Jackson" wrote in message . .. On Wed, 16 May 2012 17:45:47 -0400, "glee" wrote: "wal" wrote in message ... Is their a folder column attribute that reflects whether a file is open or in use, or perhaps gives the name of the user who has the file open now? Thanks. Not in Windows Explorer, no. It's not a feature that's built into Windows XP anywhere, that I know of. You can see some of that information by right clicking on Computer and selecting Manage, then expanding the Shared Folders tree and looking in Sessions and Open Files. I sometimes use that to see who has files open on my media server. Really? I just opened a number of files on my computer, and that shows nothing. Oops, my mistake, I thought you guys were talking about network shares. If you're talking about local files, then no, I don't know of an easy way to get that information. I had a feeling that's what you were talking about, when you mentioned your media server. In a local context, it's obvious that Windows knows which files are open and which process is responsible, and by extension who owns that process, but I don't know of a utility that extracts that information and makes it available. -- Glen Ventura MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009 CompTIA A+ |
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Column in folder to show "in use" or "file open"
wal wrote:
Is their a folder column attribute that reflects whether a file is open or in use, or perhaps gives the name of the user who has the file open now? Thanks. Open files can be determine by Processor Explorer or by Handle. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/sysinternals (See descriptive text for "Handle" for hints) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s...rnals/bb896655 "For example, if you wanted to know which process (if any) has c:\windows\system32 open, you could type: handle windows\system " The toughest part of using "handle" at times, is figuring out the name of the thing you're looking for. Like, if you want to know if a virtual serial port is open or not. With Process Explorer, I think you can click a process, and view all the files it has open, in the lower pane. It's another way to get the "handle" capability. ******* Originally, a "handle" referred to a doubly dereferenced pointer type. It allows one level of pointer indirection to be changed, without the code being aware. And was used in the MacOS as far as I can remember. There may have been some interlock, to prevent a handle update from colliding with a dereference attempt. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handle_(computing) But the above Sysinternals article, refers to open files as if they used the handle software technique. And I don't know if it's the same as the way the MacOS worked or not. Otherwise, it would be hard to figure out why the word "handle" is being used for this, at all... Paul |
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Column in folder to show "in use" or "file open"
On 16 May 2012, Char Jackson wrote in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general: Oops, my mistake, I thought you guys were talking about network shares. If you're talking about local files, then no, I don't know of an easy way to get that information. In a local context, it's obvious that Windows knows which files are open and which process is responsible, and by extension who owns that process, but I don't know of a utility that extracts that information and makes it available. Process Explorer and Process Monitor by Microsoft Sysinternals will tell you that. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals |
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Column in folder to show "in use" or "file open"
"Nil" wrote in message
... On 16 May 2012, Char Jackson wrote in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general: Oops, my mistake, I thought you guys were talking about network shares. If you're talking about local files, then no, I don't know of an easy way to get that information. In a local context, it's obvious that Windows knows which files are open and which process is responsible, and by extension who owns that process, but I don't know of a utility that extracts that information and makes it available. Process Explorer and Process Monitor by Microsoft Sysinternals will tell you that. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals System Information for Windows (SIW) also shows Open Files as one of its options, with a column in its list of them that shows who or what has the file open. http://www.gtopala.com/ There are a few 3rd party programs that will give such info.... but there is nothing built into Windows that gives that level of info. -- Glen Ventura MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009 CompTIA A+ |
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