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copied!<p>You can use this program, <a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896655.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Handle</a>, to find which process has the lock on your file. It's a command-line tool, so I guess you use the output from that... I'm not sure about finding it programmatically.</p> <p>If deleting the file can wait, you could specify it for deletion when your computer next starts up:</p> <ol> <li><p>Start <code>REGEDT32 (W2K)</code> or <code>REGEDIT (WXP)</code> and navigate to:</p> <pre><code>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager </code></pre></li> <li><p>W2K and WXP</p> <ul> <li><p><strong>W2K:</strong><br/>Edit<br/>Add Value...<br/>Data Type: <code>REG_MULTI_SZ</code><br/>Value Name: <code>PendingFileRenameOperations</code><br/><kbd>OK</kbd></p></li> <li><p><strong>WXP:</strong><br/>Edit<br/>New<br/>Multi-String Value<br/><kbd>enter</kbd><br/> <code>PendingFileRenameOperations</code></p></li> </ul></li> <li><p>In the Data area, enter <code>"\??\" + filename</code> to be deleted. LFNs may be entered without being embedded in quotes. To delete <code>C:\Long Directory Name\Long File Name.exe</code>, enter the following data:</p> <pre><code>\??\C:\Long Directory Name\Long File Name.exe </code></pre> <p>Then press <kbd>OK</kbd>.</p></li> <li><p>The "destination file name" is a null (zero) string. It is entered as follows:</p> <ul> <li><p><strong>W2K:</strong><br/>Edit<br/>Binary<br/>select Data Format: Hex<br/>click at the end of the hex string<br/>enter 0000 (four zeros)<br/><kbd>OK</kbd></p></li> <li><p><strong>WXP:</strong><br/>Right-click the value<br/>choose "Modify Binary Data"<br/>click at the end of the hex string<br/>enter 0000 (four zeros)<br/><kbd>OK</kbd></p></li> </ul></li> <li><p>Close <code>REGEDT32/REGEDIT</code> and reboot to delete the file.</p></li> </ol> <p><sup>(Shamelessly stolen from <a href="http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/thread-1581158.php" rel="nofollow noreferrer">some random forum</a>, for posterity's sake.)</sup></p>

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