File in use - who has my file locked? · Issue #114 · microsoft/PowerToys (original) (raw)

CRUTKAS:
changing this based on a comment by @oldnewthing.

Tell me WHO has the file locked, not just drop the handle. Dropping the handle can have bad side effects

ORIGINAL POST

When deleting files, sometimes files are locked for no apparent (to the user) reason cough_thumbs.db_cough. The program "Unlocker" could be used, but it really should be a power toy with smarter integration to the OS, deleting thumbs.db is harmless, deleting ntoskrnl.exe could be bad.
So a toy for smartly dropping open file handles could be useful.