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I know this is now an archaic operating systems, but it's what we have...
Occassionally I see a single user having all files in a particular directory showing as open in Computer Management even though the files are not actually open on the computer.
Some testing indicates this might have something to do with File Explorer searches, but I'm not entire sure.
My question is, is there something to configure to stop these massive open files?
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I've seen where some AV can cause this to happen. ProcMon may also help you to understand the process holding the lock.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/procmon
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Just checking if there's any progress or updates?
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Havent' had a chance yet to investigate. It's on my plan for today. I'll get back to you this afternoon with any results I find. Thank you for checking in with me
If you are searching for open file handles, I believe that you want Process Explorer, not Process Monitor.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/process-explorer
Or handle.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/handle
Others users or even the same user wanting to open one of these files are shown that the file is already open. They can either open read only or wait for the other (or even their own computer) releases the file. But they don't even have the application or even the file open, therefore cannot release it.
