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Much better File In Use dialog in Windows 7

Wednesday, February 03, 2010 3 Comments

A very welcomed addition to the all-too-common File In Use dialog when trying to delete a file that a process has locked.

As you can see from the screenshot, the dialog in Windows 7 finally tells the user exactly which process is preventing the deletion. No longer do I need Process Monitor from SysInternals for such a simple need.

file-locked-dialog

 

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# re: Much better File In Use dialog in Windows 7

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mob
2/3/2010 2:23 PM
Dude, that is much better!

# re: Much better File In Use dialog in Windows 7

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Reginald Q Andermoney
2/3/2010 9:32 PM
Unfortunately for now this only applies to explorer. Any software trying to grab a locked file handle will just fail blindly so you still need process explorer. It will take time for people to start writing software that makes good use of these most recent Windows 7 features.

# re: Much better File In Use dialog in Windows 7

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efdee
2/7/2010 11:35 AM
Somehow, I still get the "access denied" errors way too often (even in Explorer). I've seen that "improved" dialog box maybe once or twice so far.
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