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Windows: Find process locking a file or directory
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Find and stop process locking file on Windows

  • Download Handle
    or install with chocolatey:
    choco install -y handle
  • Print all file handles in a file:
    handle > handles.log
  • Find the process in handles.log (e.g example.exe) and stop it with Powershell:
    Stop-Process -Name example

As an alternative, you could use the GUI tool Process Explorer (-> choco install -y procexp) and search your locked file with Ctrl+F

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