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POHow do I find out which process is locking a file using .NET?
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copied!<p>I've seen several of answers about using <a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896655.aspx" rel="noreferrer">Handle</a> or <a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx" rel="noreferrer">Process Monitor</a>, but I would like to be able to find out in my own code (C#) which process is locking a file. </p> <p>I have a nasty feeling that I'm going to have to spelunk around in the win32 API, but if anyone has already done this and can put me on the right track, I'd really appreciate the help. </p> <h2>Update</h2> <h3>Links to similar questions</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/860656/how-does-one-figure-out-what-process-locked-a-file-using-c">How does one figure out what process locked a file using c#?</a></li> <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/241178/command-line-tool-for-finding-out-who-is-locking-a-file">Command line tool</a></li> <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/208283/is-it-possible-to-programatically-find-out-what-process-is-locking-a-file-acros">Across a Network</a></li> <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23197/find-out-which-process-has-an-exclusive-lock-on-a-usb-device-handle">Locking a USB device</a></li> <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/305843/determining-what-process-has-a-lock-on-a-file">Unit test fails with locked file</a></li> <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1040/how-do-i-delete-a-file-which-is-locked-by-another-process-in-c">deleting locked file</a></li> </ul>

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