Versions History
Version 1.10:
New option: 'Enable Explorer Context Menu' - Allows you to launch OpenedFilesView utility directly from Explorer window, and display only the file handles of specific file or folder.
New command-line option: /filefilter - Run OpenedFilesView with a file filter - display only the file handles of the file or folder that you specify.
The configuration of OpenedFilesView is now saved to a file instead of the Registry.
Version 1.05 - Added another memory address check in NirSoftOpenedFilesDriver.sys
Version 1.04 - A small fix in NirSoftOpenedFilesDriver.sys to avoid crashes when a memory address of kernel object is invalid.
Version 1.03 - Improved file closing under Vista.
Version 1.02 - A tooltip is displayed when a string in a column is longer than the column length.
Version 1.01 - New option: Hide Files In Windows Folder.
Version 1.00 - First release.
Description
OpenedFilesView displays the list of all opened files on your system. For each opened file, additional information is displayed: handle value, read/write/delete access, file position, the process that opened the file, and more...
Optionally, you can also close one or more opened files, or close the process that opened these files.
This utility is especially useful if you try to delete/move/open a file and you get one of the following error messages:
Cannot delete [filename]: There has been a sharing violation. The source or destination file may bhttp://www.nirsoft.net/utils/opened_files_view.htmle in use.
Cannot delete [filename]: It is being used by another person or program. Close any programs that might be using the file and try again.
When you get one of these error messages, OpenedFilesView will show you which process lock your file. Closing the right process will solve this problem. optionally, you can also release the file by closing the handle from OpenedFilesView utility. However, be aware that after closing a file in this way, the program that opened the file may become unstable, and even crash.
